bullocky
UK/ˈbʊləki/
bullocky noun: a person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
Noun
bullocky (plural bullockies)
- A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
- Mother looked as though she were having a fit. She was jumping up and down, running to snatch up the long-handled broom, swearing like a bullocky.1972, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Stradbroke Dreamtime, Angus & Robertson, 1992, page 32
- He could yarn with the bullockies for hours.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 21
Examples of bullocky in a sentence
- The bullocky′s whip was over four metres long with a handle of nearly three metres.1993, Mark St Leon, The Wizard of the Wire: The Story of Con Colleano, page 18:
- The bullock driver, or bullocky, was an important part of the rural labour force in the era before cars and, in some places, for long after.[…]A good bullocky could get work just about anywhere.2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 249:
Forms of bullocky
| plural | bullockies |
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Origin of bullocky
From bullock + -y.
Questions about bullocky
- What does bullocky mean?
- Bullocky means a person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
- How do you use bullocky in a sentence?
- The bullocky′s whip was over four metres long with a handle of nearly three metres.
- What part of speech is bullocky?
- Bullocky is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bullocky?
- Bullocky is pronounced /ˈbʊləki/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bullocky?
- The plural of bullocky is bullockies.
Words near bullocky in the dictionary
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