jumbuck

[ juhm-buhk ]
/ ˈdʒʌm bʌk /

noun Australian.

a sheep.

Origin of jumbuck

1815–25; perhaps ultimately < Kamilaroi dimba (meaning unknown), altered by association with buck1; borrowed into Australian Pidgin English and thence into other Aboriginal languages

British Dictionary definitions for jumbuck

jumbuck
/ (ˈdʒʌmˌbʌk) /

noun

Australian archaic an informal word for sheep

Word Origin for jumbuck

C19: from a native Australian language