Definition of gully-raker in English:

gully-raker

noun

Australian, NZ historical

1A person who steals unbranded livestock.
with heifers at that price, it was worthwhile to be a gully-raker
Example sentencesExamples
- The ordinary cattle stealer, also known as a gully raker, was not likely to get his name in the history books as a bushranger.
- A cattle duffer or cattle shaker or gully-raker steals cattle, just as a rustler does, but in a significantly different cultural context.
- A gully raker had been rounding up 20 to 30 stray cows with their calves.
- Grabbing one of the pillows from behind her, she threw it at him. “Rotten gully-raker!"
- It was these early gully rakers who set the mark of what a stockman must aspire to.
2A person who searches for surface gold.
many were simply gully-rakers, prepared just to scratch out enough gold to maintain the barest of livings
Example sentencesExamples
- On all goldfields the hatter, the fossicker and the gully raker were a feature.
- I am a late-comer into this field, a gully-raker in the historical detritus of a rich lode of stories.
- The "tin-scratcher" or "gully-raker" is the man who works up on the surface.

单词	gully-raker
释义	Definition of gully-raker in English: gully-raker noun Australian, NZ historical 1A person who steals unbranded livestock. with heifers at that price, it was worthwhile to be a gully-raker Example sentencesExamples The ordinary cattle stealer, also known as a gully raker, was not likely to get his name in the history books as a bushranger. A cattle duffer or cattle shaker or gully-raker steals cattle, just as a rustler does, but in a significantly different cultural context. A gully raker had been rounding up 20 to 30 stray cows with their calves. Grabbing one of the pillows from behind her, she threw it at him. “Rotten gully-raker!" It was these early gully rakers who set the mark of what a stockman must aspire to. 2A person who searches for surface gold. many were simply gully-rakers, prepared just to scratch out enough gold to maintain the barest of livings Example sentencesExamples On all goldfields the hatter, the fossicker and the gully raker were a feature. I am a late-comer into this field, a gully-raker in the historical detritus of a rich lode of stories. The "tin-scratcher" or "gully-raker" is the man who works up on the surface.
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