run-about

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

n. and adj.


Run-abouts are cattle left to graze at will,and the runabout – yard is the enclosure for homing them.

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xviii. p. 218:

«`Open that gate, Piambook,' said Ernest gravely, pointing tothe one which led into the `run-about' yard.»

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