jillaroon.
/dʒɪləˈruː/, U.S. /ˈdʒɪləˌru/, Australian English /dʒɪləˈruː/ Australian.
A female station-hand. So as v. intransitive, to work as a jillaroo.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > stock-farmer > worker
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jillaroo1945
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > rear animals [verb (intransitive)] > work on stock farm
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jillaroo1970
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 62 The past few years have given us a variant [of jackeroo] in jillaroo, a female station-hand.., especially used during World War No. 2 for a Land Girl.
1945 Salt 26 Feb. 16/1 Miss Garraty is our new ‘jilleroo’.
1964 Pix 22 Aug. 41 Dr. Davies said Pix should have called Miss Lukis a jenniroo or jennyroo. That might be all right for West Australians but the word used in the Eastern States is jillaroo.
1969 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 15 Aug. 7/3 A part-time model, jilleroo and cattle judge was named the top under-21 Rural Youth member yesterday.
1970 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 28 June 6/2 Isabel has been jillarooing all over Australia for the last four years.
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