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jackaroo

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Noun
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jack=a=roo

CIDE DICTIONARY

jackaroon. [Jack + kangaroo.].
     A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
jackaroov. i. 
     To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

jackaroo, n. (also jackeroo) Austral. colloq. a novice on a sheep-station or cattle-station.

Etymology
JACK(1) + KANGAROO

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