What does stockrider mean?
Stockrider means A cowboy..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A cowboy..
1907? Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, https://archive.org/details/mistressofbonave00bindrich There is a similarity between the very old and the very new, and ancient poets perhaps best portray the primitive, sometimes heroic, life of effort the modern stockrider and plowman lead on the prairie.
A stockrider's life is perhaps of all occupations the most enjoyable, and there is just that element of risk connected with it that increases its fascination, but to make it intelligible to the reader, a sketch of the working and management of a cattle station will be necessary.
He would take to the saddle as soon as possible and work with native stockriders as one of them till he became a man, when, should he prove to be more intelligent, or rather, perhaps, more selfish and purposeful, than a native, he would be made a foreman.
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Stockrider means A cowboy..
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1907? Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, https://archive.org/details/mistressofbonave00bindrich There is a similarity between the very old and the very new, and ancient poets perhaps best portray the primitive, sometimes heroic, life of effort the modern stockrider and plowman lead on the prairie.
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