stockman
IPA: stˈɑkmʌn
noun
- A man who raises or looks after livestock.
- A person who works in a stockroom.
- A surname.
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Examples of "stockman" in Sentences
- The hunting or stockman's breastplate.
- Johnston worked as a farmer and stockman.
- Her father was a stockman of Irish descent.
- Earl Long was an avid stockman and boar hunter.
- He later worked as a stockman and a cane cutter.
- He worked as a drover, stockman and livestock trader.
- A good dog will hold the stock until the stockman arrives.
- Stockman was then targeted for defeat in the following election.
- It was used as a stockman's horse and prized as a military remount.
- A lot of Chaplin's work is based on that of Stockman, but much perfected.
- A cattle owner was a "stockman" in pre-Spanish times; later "rancher," based on the Spanish word ranchero, became more popular.
- A 'stockman' is naturally the man who drives the stock, and the 'stockwhip' a peculiar short-handled long whip with which he drives them.
- Between the time that Rod took charge of Juniper, and the time of the train's starting, the young "stockman," as he was termed on the way-bill, had some pretty lively experiences.
- Do not repeat the mistake made in a recent television programme where the so-called stockman kept hold of "the poor little thing", as this will deny it the vital colostrum it needs and the piglet will die.
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