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Knockabout

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Knockabout - A man hired on a sheep station to do odd jobs.

Knockabout - That does odd jobs; -- said of a class of hands or laborers on a sheep station.

Knockabout - Marked by knocking about or roughness.

Knockabout - Characterized by, or suitable for, knocking about, or traveling or wandering hither and thither.

Knockabout - A small yacht, generally from fifteen to twenty-five feet in length, having a mainsail and a jib. All knockabouts have ballast and either a keel or centerboard. The original type was twenty-one feet in length. The next larger type is called a raceabout.

Knockabout - Of noisy and violent character.

Knockabout - A knockabout performer or performance.


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