The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
Obscure. Possibly from an Aboriginal term meaning âwandering white manâ.
jackaroo (plural jackaroos)
(Australia, Queensland, obsolete) A white man living outside of a white settlement.
(Australia) A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.
• jackarooesse
• jillaroo (âfemale jackarooâ)
• jilleroo
jackaroo (third-person singular simple present jackaroos, present participle jackarooing, simple past and past participle jackarooed)
(intransitive) To work as a jackaroo.
Source: Wiktionary
Jack`a*roo", n. Also Jack`e*roo". [Jack + kangaroo.]
Definition: A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [Colloq., Australia]
Jack`a*roo", v. i.
Definition: To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [Colloq., Australia]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
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The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.