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SHEEP O
More sheep needed in the catching pen
TURKS/REDEYES
Wethers
GUESSER
Wool classer
ROUSY
Rousabout
SQUEEZER
Presser of wool
TUSSOCK JUMPER
Station hand or Musterer
SNAGGER/GREASY
Shearer
DUNGAS/DUNGAREES
Shearing pants
JACKY HOWIE/
JACKY HOW
Shearing singlet with a patch on side or a square patch you wear over your singlet to protect from grass seeds and wear
RINGER
Fastest shearer in the shed
POISNER/BAIT LAYER
Shearers cook
LIZZARD/BOG IRON
Handpiece
SKIN
Cover on handpiece
JAZZ
Glass or swig of port wine
GOON
From flagon
COOLY
Roll your own cigarette
SPARKLER
Idiots smoking marajuana
BULLY BELT
Leather belt to bully combs (take sharpness off point of comb)
WOOL SPIDER
Prickle in your skin
PEN
You got a shearing job or stand in a shed
MOCKYS
Shearers shoes
MUST HANGS
Clods of manure in the wool if the shearer does not take them off, they must hang
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