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karoo
(gcide) | Karroo \Kar*roo"\ (k[.a]r*r[=oo]"), n.; pl. Karroos
(k[.a]r*r[=oo]z").
One of the dry table-lands of South Africa, which often rise
terracelike to considerable elevations. [Also karoo.]
[1913 Webster]
The Great Karroo, or The Karroo, a vast plateau, in Cape
Colony, stretching through five degrees of longitude, at
an elevation of about 3,000 feet.
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jackaroo
(encz) | jackaroo,nováček n: [aus.] Petr Prášekjackaroo,začátečník n: [aus.] Petr Prášekjackaroo,zelenáč n: [aus.] Petr Prášek |
buckaroo
(gcide) | buckaroo \buckaroo\ n.
1. [fr. Sp. vaquero.]a cowboy, especially used of one who
breaks broncos; -- used especially in California.
Syn: vaquero.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. a fellow; a guy. [slang]
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hurkaroo
(gcide) | Hurkaru \Hur*ka"ru\, n. [Hind. hark[=a]ra]
In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also
hurkaroo.]
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Jackaroo
(gcide) | Jackaroo \Jack`a*roo"\, n. Also Jackeroo \Jack`e*roo"\ [Jack +
kangaroo.]
A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or
otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.
[Colloq., Australia]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Jackaroo \Jack`a*roo"\, v. i.
To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [Colloq.,
Australia]
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buckaroo
(wn) | buckaroo
n 1: local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in
southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used
especially in California) [syn: vaquero, buckaroo,
buckeroo] |
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