jumbuck


jum·buck

J0078400 (jŭm′bŭk′)n. Australian A sheep.
[Australian English pidgin dombock, jumbuck, perhaps from Kamilaroi (Pama-Nyungan language of southeast Australia) dhimba, or Malay domba (from Persian dumba, tail (as that of a fat-tailed sheep, prized for its cooking fat), from Middle Persian dumbak, from Old Iranian duma-).]

jumbuck

(ˈdʒʌmˌbʌk) n (Animals) archaic Austral an informal word for sheep[C19: from a native Australian language]
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