stock-holder

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

n.


a grazier; owner of largeherds of cattle, or flocks of sheep.

1820. Lieut. Chas. Jeffreys, `Delineations of Van Dieman'sLand' [sic], p. 25:

«Near this is the residence of D. Rose, Esq., formerly anofficer of the 73rd regiment, and now a large land andstockholder.»

1824. E. Curr, `Account of Van Diemen's Land,' p. 83:

«The most negligent stock-holders now carefully house theirwool, and many take the trouble to wash their sheep.»

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