Bullocky

Quick meaning: Bullocky is a noun meaning (Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.

Meaning

(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.

Example Sentences

He could yarn with the bullockies for hours.

Mother looked as though she were having a fit. She was jumping up and down, running to snatch up the long-handled broom, swearing like a bullocky.

The bullock driver, or bullocky, was an important part of the rural labour force in the era before cars and, in some places, for long after.[…]A good bullocky could get work just about anywhere.

Through the bush, the shouts of the bullockies and the cracking of their savage wattlestick whips reverberated as the teams slowly made their way. The bullocky′s whip was over four metres long with a handle of nearly three metres.

Word Forms

• bullockies

Synonyms for bullocky

Depending on context, synonyms include strong.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strong, bullock cart, bullwhacker, tollie, bulle, bullkin.

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