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bullwhacker

bullwhacker noun: the driver of a bullock team.

Noun

bullwhacker (plural bullwhackers)

  1. (US) The driver of a bullock team.
    • But I wasn't good medicine for myself after I left them, he admitted, remembering the dreary years of failure at farming and trading, as blacksmith and deck hand and bullwhacker.1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 33

Synonyms of bullwhacker

Forms of bullwhacker

pluralbullwhackers

Origin of bullwhacker

From bull + whacker.

Questions about bullwhacker

What does bullwhacker mean?
Bullwhacker means the driver of a bullock team.
What part of speech is bullwhacker?
Bullwhacker is a noun.
What is the plural of bullwhacker?
The plural of bullwhacker is bullwhackers.

Words near bullwhacker in the dictionary

  1. bullvalones
  2. bullweed
  3. bullweeds
  4. bullwhack
  5. bullwhacked
  6. bullwhacker
  7. bullwhackers
  8. bullwhacking
  9. bullwhacks
  10. bullwhip
  11. bullwhip effect

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