station hand
(Australia) A person employed to work on a cattle station.
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(Australia) A person employed to work on a cattle station.
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(Australia) A large farm in Australia, (the equivalent of ranch), usually in the outback, whose main activity is the raising of cattle, and run by a grazier. In most cases the stations are in a rangeland context on pastoral leases. Many are larger than small countries.
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A place where workers are stationed.
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(AU) The dwellinghouse, etc. on a sheep or cattle station.
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(chiefly, US) An outdoor worker on a farm, plantation, or ranch.
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(Australia, New Zealand) A worker in a sheep-shearing shed.