jackaroo
- noun
- Australian
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jackaroo
- As a young man, he worked as a jackaroo on a sheep station to learn about farming.
Examples
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-Easy, Jackaroo!
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UNG Easy Jackaroo.
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And then about a month before, he said doing a lot of research about these jackaroos or Cowboys, he goes, they're lean, they're all lean, lean, lean.
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And then about a month before he said doing a lot of research about these jackaroos or Cowboys and he goes, they're lean, they're all lean, lean, lean.
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During his summer break, he spent three months as a jackaroo in Australia, gaining hands-on experience.
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To become a skilled rancher, many young men start their careers as a jackaroo on cattle stations.
Synonyms
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9.8
A cowboy in the western United States, especially in California or Nevada
A Hawaiian cowboy who herds cattle on ranches
How Experienced
Surface Forms
Morphology
jackaroo = jack (opaque) = jack + aroo
Although the form suggests 'jack' + the colloquial suffix '-aroo', the meaning 'trainee on an Australian station' is not derivable from 'jack' and the playful suffix for an average learner.
Etymology
The word jackaroo may come from the English name jack meaning 'a man' plus a playful Australian ending -aroo, like in kangaroo. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a young 'jack' learning on the Australian outback, so a jackaroo is a young man training on a sheep or cattle station.