cockatoo farmer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small-scale farmer. Australia,derogatory,obsolete
    — The cockatoo farmer of South Australia lives a plentiful but not a picturesque life, and unless he gets hopelessly into debt is his own master.

词形变化

cockatoo farmers plural

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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