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bullock noun [ ˈbʊlək ]

• a male domestic bovine animal that has been castrated and is raised for beef.

bullock verb

• work long and hard.
• "people have dropped dead bullocking their guts out"
Origin: late Old English bulluc, diminutive of bula (see bull1). The verb (late 19th century) is by association with a bullock's use as a draught animal.


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