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单词 muttonbirder
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Definition of muttonbirder in English:

muttonbirder

nounˈmʌt(ə)nˌbəːdə
Australian, NZ
  • A person who catches mutton birds for food or prepares their carcasses for sale.

    he worked as a seasonal muttonbirder on Stewart Island
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An experienced muttonbirder can locate, snatch, and bag the occupant of a burrow every 5–6 minutes and might net a cool thirty thousand dollars in thirty days of hunting.
    • My son's a good mutton-birder, but I couldn't get him over this year.
    • Many of the cuzzie-bros of these hungry kids are bound to be mutton birders, oyster dredgers, and fishing folk.
    • The mutton-birder determines that a chick rests within by using an arm or a wire to poke around.
    • It has been in the interest of the mutton-birder not to disturb the habitat of the mutton-bird.
    • He is also a lifelong muttonbirder.
    • The mutton-birder not infrequently pulls out a likewise startled snake.
    • She has been a muttonbirder since she was four and has missed very few seasons on Ernest Island.
    • On one of the last few days of the hunt, luck ran out for the mutton-birder.
    • The kids are going on about their dad's fame as a muttonbirder.
 
 
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