jackaroo
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Alteration of an Aboriginal term meaning 'wandering white man'.
[edit] Noun
jackaroo (plural jackaroos)
- (Australian, colloquial) Young or inexperienced stockman or farm hand.
[edit] Verb
jackaroo (third-person singular simple present jackaroos, present participle jackarooing, simple past and past participle jackarooed)
- (intransitive) To work as a jackaroo.
- Bill has gone jackarooing out west.
