英语词汇“spud cocky”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

spud cocky

noun Australian informal

A farmer whose business is growing potatoes: did that spud cocky not even have one cow, or an odd fowl or two?...

Life was never easy for the pioneering spud cockies.
Some of the lucky spud cockies, who had suitable ground and got their seed in early, are now reaping the reward of their energy.
They import tons of potatoes, thereby squeezing the remaining spud cockies out of business while we're left to eat over-priced imported produce.

Late 19th century: from spud + cocky² (shortening of the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer').

单词	spud cocky
释义	spud cocky noun Australian informal A farmer whose business is growing potatoes: did that spud cocky not even have one cow, or an odd fowl or two?... Life was never easy for the pioneering spud cockies. Some of the lucky spud cockies, who had suitable ground and got their seed in early, are now reaping the reward of their energy. They import tons of potatoes, thereby squeezing the remaining spud cockies out of business while we're left to eat over-priced imported produce. Origin Late 19th century: from spud + cocky² (shortening of the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer').
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