Australian and New Zealand. A general worker on a farm or sheep station, esp. one employed in a shearing shed. Cf. roustabout, n.
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释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer > other personnel (4) rouseabout1861 Australian and New Zealand. A general worker on a farm or sheep station, esp. one employed in a shearing shed. Cf. roustabout, n. tar-boy1888 an assistant hand in a shearing shed who treats injured sheep with tar or other disinfectants. bluetongue1900 slang (originally Australian). = rouseabout, n. 2. broomie1933 A broom-hand who keeps the floor clean in a shearing shed. |
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