| 单词 | boss-cocky |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboss-cocky boss-cocky n. (also boss-cockie) [cocky n.2 2] Australian slang a farmer who employs labour and works himself; hence in extended use, a person in authority. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority mastereOE herOE lordOE overmana1325 overling1340 seignior1393 prelatea1475 oversman1505 signor1583 hogen mogen1639 boss-cocky1898 man1918 trump1937 authority figure1948 Great White Father1960 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 46/1 Boss-cockie. 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee i. 16 Mrs. Muller, before she married the German, was Kate Hardley, the daughter of a boss cockie farmer fifty miles away. 1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country xiii. 218 There was no lack in the orchestral department, but Rab was the boss cocky of it. 1969 Coast to Coast 1967–8 5 But what was her place now? She was a kind of boss cocky. < as lemmas |
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