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noun
A white man living outside of a white settlement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, obsolete
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noun
A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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verb
To work as a jackaroo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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History
Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning wandering white man.
