英语词汇“gully-raker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gully-raker n. Australian (a) a cattle-thief; (b) a cattle-whip.

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1847 Settlers & Convicts xii. 261 This practice derives its name from the circumstances of cattle straying..into the bush..and breeding there..the gully-rakers eventually driving them out and branding [them]..with their own brands.

1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland (1882) iv. 30 The driver appealing occasionally to some bullock or other by name, following up his admonition by a sweeping cut of his ‘gully-raker’.

单词	gully-raker
释义	> as lemmas gully-raker gully-raker n. Australian (a) a cattle-thief; (b) a cattle-whip. ΚΠ 1847 Settlers & Convicts xii. 261 This practice derives its name from the circumstances of cattle straying..into the bush..and breeding there..the gully-rakers eventually driving them out and branding [them]..with their own brands. 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland (1882) iv. 30 The driver appealing occasionally to some bullock or other by name, following up his admonition by a sweeping cut of his ‘gully-raker’. extracted from gullyn.¹ < as lemmas
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