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单词 buckaroo
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Definition of buckaroo in English:

buckaroo

noun ˌbʌkəˈruːˌbəkəˈru
North American dated
  • A cowboy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some buckaroos will protest that the list is unfair to Westerns because it reflects only present-day movie tastes.
    • It's a pad that has hosted the kind of parties you hear about for years after the actual event - we're talking wild buckaroo Stampede breakfast parties with bands catching beer thrown by people perched on garage roofs.
    • But in an age where all of our lives are interconnected - in our economy, our infrastructure, even in our health - this notion of the lone cowboy is a fantasy, and generally a self-serving one for the buckaroo who owns the ranch.
    • While they share language and heritage, cowboys and buckaroos differ in their working styles, saddles, land and property ownership standards, legal cultures, and in almost everything else.
    • Their conclusion unequivocally states that vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos are ‘at heart… all the same, they do their work a little differently, they dress a little differently, but they are the same’.

Origin

Early 19th century: alteration of vaquero.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
 
 

Definition of buckaroo in US English:

buckaroo

nounˌbəkəˈruˌbəkəˈro͞o
North American dated
  • A cowboy.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their conclusion unequivocally states that vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos are ‘at heart… all the same, they do their work a little differently, they dress a little differently, but they are the same’.
    • But in an age where all of our lives are interconnected - in our economy, our infrastructure, even in our health - this notion of the lone cowboy is a fantasy, and generally a self-serving one for the buckaroo who owns the ranch.
    • Some buckaroos will protest that the list is unfair to Westerns because it reflects only present-day movie tastes.
    • While they share language and heritage, cowboys and buckaroos differ in their working styles, saddles, land and property ownership standards, legal cultures, and in almost everything else.
    • It's a pad that has hosted the kind of parties you hear about for years after the actual event - we're talking wild buckaroo Stampede breakfast parties with bands catching beer thrown by people perched on garage roofs.

Origin

Early 19th century: alteration of vaquero.

 
 
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