bullock
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an animal – mammal – a general name given to
(a)
a young male ox
(b)
a young bull (male of cattle) whose sex organs (testicles) are removed in order to make them good draught (draft) animals (beasts of burden) – mostly for pulling carts which are known as ‘bullock carts’, ‘bullock wagon’ or ‘bullock team’; found in countries where motor vehicles are not suitable or profitable to use for agricultural purposes
a bullock cart
Bulls are very tough (can withstand a lot of strain) yet gentle, and so they are very suitable as draught animals.
The dried dung of these animals is used as fuel in domestic cooking fires, and piles of it are made into manure in some parts of the world!
1. bullock’s blood = deep red colour
2. bullock’s heart = a printing of a book, etc., of 250 copies only
3. to talk bullock = to take an oath imaginatively
4. to bullock one’s (your) way = to continue with heavy violence
5. as lish as a bullock (‘lish’ = very active)
6. a roll of bank notes big enough to choke a bullock [said of a lot of money]
7. sold like a bullock in Smith field [said of someone being cheated badly]
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