troublesome. Common slang,but unusual as applied to a bullock or a horse.
1872. C. H. Eden, `My Wife and I in Queensland,' p. 69:
«Branding or securing a troublesome or, colonially, a `rowdy'bullock.»
1896. A. B. Paterson, `Man from Snowy River, p. 125:
«And I can ride a rowdy colt, or swing the axe all day.»