cockatoo farmer

短语

词形变化

cockatoo farmers 复数 cockatoo farmers

别名

cocky

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small-scale farmer.

    澳大利亚 贬义 废旧

词源

Probably refers to the practice of working a small patch of land for a short period before moving on, in the manner of a feeding cockatoo. Alternatively so called to compare the farmers with the common sulphur-crested cockatoo, which come down on the newly sown cornfields in myriads.

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