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Jacky Howe

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A type of blue sleeveless shirt worn by sheep shearers and labourers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Examples

  • 1949, Ruth Park, Poor Man's Orange, in 2010, The Harp in the South Trilogy, Penguin, unnumbered page, He had finished his tea and was sitting in his Jackie Howe, which is a singlet with the sleeves out of it, and called after a famous shearer of the blade days.

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History

Etymology

After the gun shearer John Robert (“Jacky” or “Jackie”) Howe, who in 1890 set a long-standing world record by shearing 321 sheep in 7 hours 40 minutes. He is said to have worn a shirt with the sleeves cut off.