hutkeepingn.
/ˈhʌtˌkiːpɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhətˌkipɪŋ/, Australian English /ˈhʌtˌkiːpɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˈhʌtˌkiːpɪŋ/ Australian and New Zealand. Now historical.
The action or occupation of taking care of or guarding a hut or a number of huts on a farm, station, etc., while the occupants are away at work. Cf. hut n.1 1b.
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1841 Geelong (New S. Wales) Advertiser 13 Dec. Reardon returned, but Captain Webster refused to let him have any other work than hut-keeping.
1890 Argus (Melbourne) 14 June 4/2 Did I go hutkeeping? Did you ever know a hutkeeper cook for sixty shearers?
2002 L. Connors in C. Potter et al. Conversat. on Condamine vii. 103 Fencing reduced the need for lonely hutkeeping work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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- within obs, beyond one's tether
- within one's force
- within one's grasp
- within one's remit
- within one's rights
- within one's stroke
- within one's ward
- within oneself
- within oneself etc
- within oneself itself
- within or out of compass
- within out beyond gunshot
- within out beyond gunshot of
- within out beyond the gunshot
- within out beyond the gunshot of
- within out of gunshot
- within out of gunshot of
- within out of the gunshot
- within out of the gunshot of
- within out past gunshot
- within out past gunshot of
- within out past the gunshot
- within out past the gunshot of
- within power