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bullock(1) (iou)



bullock noun.
[Late Old English bulluc dim. of BULL noun1: see -OCK.]
Orig., a young bull. Now, a bull after castration. Also loosely, any bovine animal, an ox.
Comb.: bullock-cart a cart drawn by one or more bullocks; bullock-puncher Austral. & NZ a cattle-driver; bullock's heart (the fruit of) a W. Indian custard-apple, Annona reticulata; bullock's lungwort great mullein, Verbascum thapsus.
bullocky noun (a) Austral. slang beef; (b) Austral. & NZ a cattle-driver: M19.
bullocky adjective like a bullock; having to do with bullocks: L19.