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buckaroo

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Occupations, Agriculture
buck·a·roo /ˌbʌkəˈruː/ noun [countable] American English informal  BOTAa cowboy – used especially when talking to children 牛仔〔尤对儿童说话时用〕
Examples from the Corpus
buckarooAnd having lost our zeal for the idle etchings of some bored buckaroo, we slink off into the shade.Or bummed out, or bumped off, or some bumptious buckaroo had burst your bubble.
Origin buckaroo (1800-1900) Spanish vaquero cowboy; influenced by → BUCK1
buck·a·roo nounChineseSyllable
used cowboy a children especially Corpus when to talking


buckaroo
buckaroo /ˌbʌkəˈruː/ noun [countable] American English informal
 Date: 1800-1900
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: vaquero 'cowboy'; influenced by buck1
a cowboy – used especially when talking to children