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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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boundary-rider
n. a man who rides round thefences of a station to see that they are in order. 1890. E. W. Hornung...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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scrub-rider
n. a man who rides through the scrub in search of Scrub-cattle (q.v.). 1881. A. C. Giant, `Bush Li...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-rider
n. a man employed to look aftercattle, properly on an unfenced station. 1870. A. L. Gordon, `Bush ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Haggard, Henry Rider
(b. 1856) Novelist, etc. The Witch's Head (1885), King Solomon's Mines (1886), She (1887), Jess (18...
Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to stand up to the rack
A metaphorical expression of the same meaning as the like choice phrases, 'to come to the scratch;' ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.