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词汇 cowspanker
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Definition of cowspanker in English:

cowspanker

nounˈkaʊspaŋkə
Australian, NZ informal

  • A dairy farmer.

    there was talk about putting a tax on the cowspankers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I got stuck in Andrews Creek next day on my way down-country again looking for another cowspanker.
    • The cow spanker had nothing in common with the dairy worker
    • One side of her family had never known a cowspanker, and mentally she took after that side.
    • The cow-spankers all over the North Island have had a grand innings this season.
    • After a lifetime as ploughman cow-spanker and lorry-driver, he had now in his old age become breathless and weak from bronchial illness.

Origin

Late 19th century: from cow1 + spanker.
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