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 |