jackerooingn.

Brit.

/ˌdʒakəˈruːɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌdʒækəˈruɪŋ/, Australian English

/ˌdʒækəˈruːɪŋ/

Forms: see jackeroo n. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jackeroo n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < jackeroo n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later jackeroo v.

Originally and chiefly Australian colloquial.

The action or practice of working as a jackeroo (jackeroo n. 2); the acquisition of experience and skills by working on a sheep or cattle station.

ΚΠ

1866 Queenslander 15 Sept. 9/6 I would strongly urge on clerks and that class to remain inside, or be satisfied to turn labourers, or go ‘jackerooing’.

1875 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 28 Aug. 343/3 A year or two more Jackerooing would only mean the consumption of so many more figs of negrohead, in my case.

1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad ii. 12 My graduation in jackerooing, or, as I usually call this period of my life, my ‘pack-mule and damper days’, had begun.

1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai 257 Harry Laing..had come out to do a spot of desultory jackarooing.

2010 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 June 13 He is one of nine migrants and refugees..who've been tackling a course for that most Australian of occupations: jackarooing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jackerooing
释义	jackerooingn. Brit. /ˌdʒakəˈruːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌdʒækəˈruɪŋ/, Australian English /ˌdʒækəˈruːɪŋ/ Forms: see jackeroo n. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: jackeroo n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < jackeroo n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later jackeroo v. Originally and chiefly Australian colloquial. The action or practice of working as a jackeroo (jackeroo n. 2); the acquisition of experience and skills by working on a sheep or cattle station. ΚΠ 1866 Queenslander 15 Sept. 9/6 I would strongly urge on clerks and that class to remain inside, or be satisfied to turn labourers, or go ‘jackerooing’. 1875 Austral. Town & Country Jrnl. (Sydney) 28 Aug. 343/3 A year or two more Jackerooing would only mean the consumption of so many more figs of negrohead, in my case. 1936 A. Russell Gone Nomad ii. 12 My graduation in jackerooing, or, as I usually call this period of my life, my ‘pack-mule and damper days’, had begun. 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai 257 Harry Laing..had come out to do a spot of desultory jackarooing. 2010 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 12 June 13 He is one of nine migrants and refugees..who've been tackling a course for that most Australian of occupations: jackarooing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1866
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