planter

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

n.


a cattle-thief, so called fromhiding the stolen cattle.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xxv. p. 352:

«What's a little money . . . if your children grow upduffers [sc. cattle-duffers, q.v.] and planters?»

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