count-muster

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

a gathering, especially ofsheep or cattle in order to count them.

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 1:

«The old man's having a regular count-muster of his sons anddaughters, and their children and off side relatives-that is,by marriage.»

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