Definition of sheep cocky in English:

sheep cocky

noun

Australian, NZ informal

A small-scale sheep farmer.
there's no money in wool — most of the sheep cockies have gone into cotton
Example sentencesExamples
- He was a surprisingly somnolent sheep cocky.
- He was a retired sheep-cocky wary of anything not to do with farming.
- He was wearing a sheep-cocky's wide-brimmed hat.
- Dad was a sheep cocky, so I'm a sheep cocky.
- They were the woolgrowers, the runholders, the sheep-cockies, the back-countrymen.
- I reckon you're about to find out how miserable sheep cockies are.
- We'd been brought up as sheep cockies, and the first thing we learned was to despise goats.
- This old sheep cocky and his missus had been walking along the top of a sandbank.
- These poor sheep cockies, whose fear was not the loss of faith but the loss of farms and fleeces.
- He'd call in to talk grain with a few of the sheep cockies.

Origin

Late 19th century: from sheep + cocky² (from the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer').

单词	sheep cocky
释义	Definition of sheep cocky in English: sheep cocky noun Australian, NZ informal A small-scale sheep farmer. there's no money in wool — most of the sheep cockies have gone into cotton Example sentencesExamples He was a surprisingly somnolent sheep cocky. He was a retired sheep-cocky wary of anything not to do with farming. He was wearing a sheep-cocky's wide-brimmed hat. Dad was a sheep cocky, so I'm a sheep cocky. They were the woolgrowers, the runholders, the sheep-cockies, the back-countrymen. I reckon you're about to find out how miserable sheep cockies are. We'd been brought up as sheep cockies, and the first thing we learned was to despise goats. This old sheep cocky and his missus had been walking along the top of a sandbank. These poor sheep cockies, whose fear was not the loss of faith but the loss of farms and fleeces. He'd call in to talk grain with a few of the sheep cockies. Origin Late 19th century: from sheep + cocky² (from the Australian sense of cockatoo 'a small-scale farmer').
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