单词 | ryebuck shearer |
释义 | > as lemmasryebuck shearer ryebuck shearer n. = gun shearer at gun n. 13. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer clippera1382 shearer1388 sheep-shearer1539 forcer1553 fleecer1612 tiger1865 tomahawker1870 snagger1887 boss of the board1896 gun1898 jingling Johnny1904 barrowman1940 ryebuck shearera1957 barrower1965 a1957 in D. Stewart & N. Keesing Old Bush Songs (1957) 267 There's a bloke on the board and I heard him say I couldn't shear a hundred sheep a day, But some fine day I'll show him the way And prove I'm a ryebuck shearer. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry ii. 16 Ryebuck shearer, see gun. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry i. 30 Gun, a really fast shearer, also known as a ‘ryeback [sic] shearer’, but not the same as the fastest in the shed (see ringer). < as lemmas |
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