horny n.3
(Aus.) a cow, a bullock; thus horney-steerer, a bullock-driver; thus used generically for the beef interest.
Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Sept. 36/1: Now the voice of Jumbuck, Horny and Co. is being heard in the land: ‘interfering with Private Enterprise’. | ||
Ulysses 406: Nix for the hornies. | ||
Capricornia (1939) 273: [They] rode in looking for Clean Skins, or unbranded beasts, and for Hornies, or beasts with ingrowing horns. | ||
Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 40: Horney-steerer, a bullock driver. | ||
AS XXXIII:3 166: hornies, n. Cattle. | ‘Australian Cattle Lingo’ in