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stockman

[stok-muhn, -man] / ˈstɒk mən, -ˌmæn /




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Mr Roan was described as an "experienced stockman" and the risks associated with cattle-handing "would have been well known to him".

From BBC Jul. 13, 2023

Lockie Kallis, 23, the lead stockman, also cut the horns off them to keep them from hurting people or one another, creating a steady drip of blood.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2022

“Back in the day, the eye of the stockman was all we had, and now we have high-powered analytical tools and can make progress so much faster.”

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2019

The Nigerian now works as a stockman at a warehouse for a charity organization.

From Reuters Mar. 31, 2018

After I's 'bout growed, I moves to de Brazos bottom and works for a stockman, den I works for de man what driv de first post on de Houston & Texas Central right-of-way.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration

By 1888, New York politician and sometimes rancher Theodore Roosevelt described Western stockmen as "the pioneers of civilization," who with "their daring and adventurousness make the after settlement of the region possible."

From Salon Oct. 28, 2024

The court heard the cows were being turned out from two large winter sheds to summer grazing fields by farmer Alistair Nixon and two experienced stockmen.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2023

“The stockmen and some of the businesses on the north side were unhappy,” said retired University of Texas at Dallas professor Clay Reynolds, author of the 1995 Stock Show history “A Hundred Years of Heroes.”

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2019

Clapier said Ponzo tended to two children he had with a girlfriend and to the cows, now being fed by other stockmen.

From Reuters Feb. 9, 2011

Ancient Anasazi potsherds mingle in the sand with rusty tin cans discarded by tum- of-the-century stockmen, who grazed and watered their animals in the canyon.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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