drover

Example Sentences

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I also learn that his father was a drover - and his strong affinity and respect for the fells and their farmers permeates the book.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2018

But given how addictive the prose was in Constellation, where Marra was lyrical but also drover quickly, those who loved the John Leonard Prize-winner a couple of years back are certainly hungering for more.

From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2015

When director Baz Luhrmann co-wrote the script for his 2008 "Australia" movie epic, he cast Hugh Jackman as the rugged, unshaven drover in charge of moving cattle owned by recently widowed Nicole Kidman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2014

Philip’s last great song was 1977’s tolling, elegaic “Southbound”: Driftin’ like a drover/ Chasin’ my career ...

From Slate • May 28, 2013

The sound of a wagon trundling along comes from behind us, and I look back to see a drover sitting at the reins.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland