Jacky Howe

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of blue sleeveless shirt worn by sheep shearers and labourers. Australia
    — Still, no one has ever thought before of associating a papaw with a “Jacky Howe,” or, say, fruit salad with a flannel shirt.

词形变化

Jacky Howes plural Jackie Howe alternative

词源

After the gun shearer John Robert (“Jacky” or “Jackie”) Howe, who in 1890 set a long-standing world record by shearing 321 sheep in 7 hours 40 minutes. He is said to have worn a shirt with the sleeves cut off.
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