10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COW COCKY»
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cow cocky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
Cocky can be qualified depending on what the farmer deals with – e.g. cow cocky
, goat cocky, deer cocky – but in New Zealand a cocky is invariably associated
with cows. cracker (1) Expression of approval applied to a person, thing or ...
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Comparative Studies in Australian and New Zealand English: ...
Australian farmers adopted the New Zealand terms woollie/woolly and placer 'an
animal that stays in one location'. Of the form cocky for farmer from Australian
cockatoo, only the singular form cocky, together with cow cocky and ...
Pam Peters, Peter Collins, Adam Smith, 2009
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Wordbook of Australian Idiom: Aussie Slang
... a flash cove' cow of a thing An unpleasant task or something appalling— 'What
a cow of a thing' cows Something that may never eventuate— 'It'll never happen
till the cows come home' cow-cocky A dairy farmer— The bloke is a cow-cocky ...
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
'The fore and aft gangways in the waists of old men-of-war, before the days of
completely planked main decks', Bowen: naval: C.19. cow-cocky . A dairy-farmer:
Australian: from ca 1890. See COCKY, The Routledge dictionary of historical ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
... cowcatcher (,V Am) an apparatus on the front of a railway engine to throw off
obstacles; cow -chervil, cow -parsley or cow -weed wild chervil; cow cocky see
under cockatoo; cow college ( IS slang) a college in a remote rural area; cow -
dung; ...
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Kangaroo's Comments and Wallaby's Words: The Aussie Word Book
So farmers who tilled the often dry land were dubbed cockatoos or cockies. From
there, as words go in Oz, the definition's perimeter increased to encompass any
man-on-the-land. A cow-cocky is a dairy farmer; a sheep-cocky, a sheep rancher
...
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The Daughters of Mars: A Novel
Yet Mrs. Durance should have been aware when she married of what her life
would be—she was a cow—cocky's daugh— ter getting married to a cow—cocky.
She knew that love wouldn't save you from the butter churn or the chapped hands
...
8
The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
In rural areas, a man employed to milk cows. cow cocky A small-scale cattle
farmer or a dairy farmer. cow corner That part of a cricket field over mid 64.
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
... prison sentence of 99 years US, 1990 cow cage nouna livestock carriage on a
freight train US, 1946 cow cocky noun a dairy farmer AUSTRALIA, 1902 cow
college noun a small rural college, especially one offering degreesinagriculture
US, ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Foot-tracks in New Zealand: Origins, Access Issues and ...
The notoriety of two particular demons – foreign owner and lifestyle owner – was
perhaps supported by some factual evidence, but the genus Land-guard could
also contain your good old Kiwi cow-cocky and sheep-cocky. It was impossible to
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COW COCKY»
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cow cocky is used in the context of the following news items.
Kiwi cow cocky confidence plummets
A RABOBANK survey indicates New Zealand farmer confidence has fallen to its lowest levels in nearly a decade, as dairy farmers struggle with ... «Wairarapa Times-Age, Jun 15»
Brace for public naming, judge advises budget service thief
Save. Teen escapes serious injury in car flip. Save. Leading race safety for Tauherenikau. Save. Kiwi cow cocky confidence plummets. Save ... «Wairarapa Times-Age, May 15»
Oval Office: Greg 'Turtle' Conescu doing his bit for less fortunate in …
“With a big cow cocky in an Akubra — Paul McCormack of Elders — doing a brilliant job as auctioneer, we managed to raise $30,000,” Turtle ... «Courier Mail, Jul 14»
NZ's water supply should be valued
But, in reality, the term cow cocky should be reserved as a term of respect for genuine farmers; farmers who understand that intensive ... «Stuff.co.nz, Oct 13»
Meet a young wild desert flower - Anna Cannard just loves her camels
Then there's her dad Harold, a salt-of-the-earth cow cocky and second generation cameleer. But what really sets the otherwise petite, ... «The Daily Telegraph, Sep 13»
Cow cocky 'unbecoming' says NT politician
Gerry Wood: ... if you don't have the word sustainable in there, we're going back to the cow cocky days of the 1990s where we do what we like. «ABC Online, Jun 13»
Enough of the stupidity, the kids are all right
An old Catholic cow cocky standing there before two women, their families and friends talking of the simple, pure, transformative power of love. «The Age, May 13»
New $67m slaughter plant stuns visitors
Relevant offers. Like any good cow cocky, Russell Wilson chooses his words carefully. But the Kereone dairy farmer looked momentarily lost for ... «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 13»
Chris Ford: Why did the Scott Guy murder trial fascinate us?
The Arthur Allan-Thomas case of the 1970s saw an ordinary Kiwi cow cocky in the dock for a crime which universally everyone now ... «Voxy, Jul 12»
Fail: Bull castration goes horribly wrong when cow cocky slices up …
Fail: Bull castration goes horribly wrong when cow cocky slices up his own arm at Clermont. by: Rob Kidd; From: The Courier-Mail; September ... «Courier Mail, Sep 11»
