• jumbuck
Jumbuck is an Australian word for a ‘sheep’.
It is best known from Banjo Paterson’s use of it in Waltzing Matilda
• jackeroo
Male person working on a cattle station
Origin: Queensland term referring to a white man who lived beyond the bounds of close settlement.
[also jilleroo - female equivalent]
• Jaffle
Toasted sandwich.
• Jaffle iron
Camping tool, used to make a toasted sandwich.
Not infrequently associated with upper limb burns suffered by grey nomads
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