Jackeroo

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jackaroo \Jack`a*roo"\, n. Also Jackeroo \Jack`e*roo"\ [Jack +
     kangaroo.]
     A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or
     otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life.
     [Colloq., Australia]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]