bullocky

noun
/ˈbʊləki/UK

Etymology

From bullock + -y.

  1. inherited from *bulluk
  2. inherited from bulluc
  3. inherited from bullok
  4. suffixed as bullocky — “bullock + y

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • He could yarn with the bullockies for hours.
    • Through the bush, the shouts of the bullockies and the cracking of their savage wattlestick whips reverberated as the teams slowly made their way. The bullocky′s whip was over four metres long with a handle of nearly three metres.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA