cockatoo farmer
English
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
cockatoo farmer
Where it comes from
Probably refers to the practice of working a small patch of land for a short period before moving on, in the manner of a feeding cockatoo. Alternatively so called to compare the farmers with the common sulphur-crested cockatoo, which come down on the newly sown cornfields in myriads.
noun cockatoo farmers
- A small-scale farmer. The cockatoo farmer of South Australia lives a plentiful but not a picturesque life, and unless he gets hopelessly into debt is his own master.
Talk about this word "cockatoo farmer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cockatoo%20farmer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cockatoo farmer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cockatoo%20farmer "cockatoo farmer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cockatoo%20farmer.Cite this
@misc{cockatoo_farmer_2026,
title = {cockatoo farmer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cockatoo%20farmer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
