Jack`a*roo" (?), n. Also Jack`e*roo". [Jack + kangaroo.]
A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.
[Colloq., Australia]
© Webster 1913.
Jack`a*roo", v. i. To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo.
[Colloq., Australia]
© Webster 1913.