(n)local names for a cowboy (`vaquero' is used especially in southwestern and central Texas and `buckaroo' is used especially in California), Syn.buckaroo, buckeroo
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{ n. Also }. [ Jack + kangaroo. ] A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [ Colloq., Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]