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jackaroo

/jak-uh-roo/US // ˌdʒæk əˈru //

豺狼人,豺狼,豺狼虎豹,豺狗

Definitions

  1. 1

    plural jack·a·roos,jack·a·rooed, jack·a·roo·ing.

    • : jackeroo.

Examples

  • Harry spent time in Australia in 2003 during his gap year, working as a “jackaroo” at a Queensland cattle station.

  • Next evening the Jackaroo and one or two other chaps and the girls went out 'possum-shooting.

  • I always thought she had a sweet voice, and I'd have enjoyed it if that damned Jackaroo hadn't been listening too.

  • Jim was little more than a new-chum jackaroo; he was no bushman and generally got lost when he went down the next gully.

  • I've carried a portmanteau on the hot dusty roads in green old jackaroo days.

  • One evening the jackaroo was down by the homestead-gate when Mary came cantering home on her tall chestnut.