Shearer's Lingo |
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| SHEEP O |
More sheep needed in the catching pen |
| TURKS/REDEYES |
Wethers |
| GUESSER |
Wool classer |
| ROUSY |
Rousabout |
| SQUEEZER |
Presser of wool |
| TUSSOCK JUMPER |
Station hand or Musterer |
| SNAGGER/GREASY |
Shearer |
| DUNGAS/DUNGAREES |
Shearing pants |
JACKY HOWIE/
JACKY HOW |
Shearing singlet with a patch on side or a square patch you wear
over your singlet to protect from grass seeds and wear |
| RINGER |
Fastest shearer in the shed |
| POISNER/BAIT LAYER |
Shearers cook |
| LIZZARD/BOG IRON |
Handpiece |
| SKIN |
Cover on handpiece |
| JAZZ |
Glass or swig of port wine |
| GOON |
From flagon |
| COOLY |
Roll your own cigarette |
| SPARKLER |
Idiots smoking marajuana |
| BULLY BELT |
Leather belt to bully combs (take sharpness off point of comb) |
| WOOL SPIDER |
Prickle in your skin |
| PEN |
You got a shearing job or stand in a shed |
| MOCKYS |
Shearers shoes |
| MUST HANGS |
Clods of manure in the wool if the shearer does not take them off,
they must hang |
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