mullock over

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

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Shearing slang.See quotation.

1893. `The Age,' Sept. 23, p. 14, col. 4:

«I affirm as a practical shearer, that no man could shear 321sheep in eight hours, although I will admit he might do what weshearers call `mullock over' that number; and what is more, nomanager or overseer who knows his work would allow a shearer todo that number of sheep or lambs in one day.»

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