Definition of Bullocky

1. Adjective. Resembling a bullock in strength and power. "Thick bullocky shoulders"

Similar to: Strong
Derivative terms: Bullock

Definition of Bullocky

1. Noun. (Australia obsolete) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bullocky

1. bullock [adj] - See also: bullock

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullocky

bullneck
bullnecked
bullnecks
bullnose
bullnosed plane
bullnoses
bullock
bullock's heart
bullock's heart tree
bullock block
bullock heart
bullocked
bullockies
bullocking
bullocky (current term)
bullon
bullous
bullous diseases of oesophagus
bullous emphysema
bullous fever
bullous impetigo of newborn
bullous keratopathy
bullous myringitis
bullous oedema
bullous oedema vesicae

Literary usage of Bullocky

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Visit to the Antipodes: With Some Reminiscences of a Sojourn in Australia by E. Lloyd (1846)
"In Adelaide there are plenty white fellows, plenty bullocky, plenty sheepy, plenty flour, all that a black fellow can wish for; while the black fellows have ..."

2. The Tichborne Trial: The Summing-up by the Lord Chief Justice of England by Arthur Orton, Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1874)
"He remembered his going to sea, and says that he was called ' bullocky ;' he was not ... She describes him as a fat boy ; he was called ' bullocky ;'' and ..."

3. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"We were also able to buy luxuries, such as biscuits and canned puddings; and even relieve the monotony of marmalade jam with "bullocky's joy. ..."

4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"bullocky has rather a sense of over-strength inducing an awkwardness of movement. Nuggety does not include the last suggestion." Nulla-nulla, «. ..."

5. The Snare of Strength by Randolph Bedford (1905)
"The bullocky went round the team and recovered the pole-pin, then he beat the ... The bullocky lifted his hat, and wiped his wet forehead with his hairy arm ..."

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