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jackaroo

N คน เริ่ม หัด ใน ไร่ปศุสัตว์ jackeroo

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JACKAROO; JACKEROO

Jack `a *roo ", n. Also Jack `e *roo ". [Jack + kangaroo. ]

Defn: A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [Colloq. , Australia ]

JACKAROO

JACKAROO Jack `a *roo ", v. i.

Defn: To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [Colloq. , Australia ]

New American Oxford Dictionary

jackaroo

jack a roo |ˌjakəˈro͞o ˌʤækəˈru | ▶noun & verb variant spelling of jackeroo.

Oxford Dictionary

jackaroo

jackaroo |ˌdʒakəˈruː |(also jackeroo ) Austral. /NZ informal ▶noun a young man working on a sheep or cattle station to gain experience. ▶verb (usu. jackeroo ) [ no obj. ] work as a jackaroo. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: perhaps a blend of jack 1 and kangaroo .