Jumbuck is an Australian term for
The word is also the aborigine word for "cloud", which is the image the indigenous people had when sheep were first introduced in the country.
It is also the name of a car and a
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jumbuck — is an Australian word for a sheep . It is best known from Banjo Paterson s use of it in Waltzing Matilda. The two earliest appearances of the term show Aborigines using it in pidgin English: 1824 Methodist Missionary Society Records: To two… … Australian idioms
Jumbuck Motor Inn — (Tenterfield,Австралия) Категория отеля: 3,5 звезд Адрес: 141 Rouse Street, 2372 T … Каталог отелей
Jumbuck Motel — (Longreach,Австралия) Категория отеля: Адрес: 30 Ilfracombe road, 4730 Longreach, Авс … Каталог отелей
jumbuck — /jum buk/, n. Australian. a sheep. [1815 25; perh. ult. < Kamilaroi dimba (meaning unknown), altered by assoc. with BUCK1; borrowed into Australian Pidgin E and thence into other Aboriginal languages] * * * … Universalium
jumbuck — noun A sheep … Wiktionary
Jumbuck — (young) sheep … Dictionary of Australian slang
jumbuck — Australian Slang (young) sheep … English dialects glossary
jumbuck — n. sheep (term used in Australia) … English contemporary dictionary
jumbuck — [ dʒʌmbʌk] noun Austral. informal a sheep. Origin C19: perh. Austral. pidgin for jump up … English new terms dictionary
jumbuck — jum·buck … English syllables
