n somewhat resembles
the action of bucking; and after some severe trials of that
sort, they take a dislike to the whole style of thing. An
Irishman on the Murrumbidgee is very clever at this schooling.
It is called here `turning a horse inside out.'"

1885. Forman (Dakota), item 26, May 6, 3 (`O.E.D.'):

"The majority of the horses there [in Australia] are vicious
and given to the trick of buck jumping." [It may be worth while
to add that this is not strictly accurate.]

1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Colonial Reformer,' p. 94:

"`I should say that buck jumping was produced in this country
by bad breaking,' said Mr. Neuchamp oracularly. `Don't you
believe it, sir. Bucking is like other vices--runs in the
blood.'"

<hw>Buck-shot</hw>, <i>n</i>. a settlers' term for a
geological formation. See quotation.

1851. `The Australasian Quarterly,' p. 459:

"The plain under our feet was everywhere furrowed by <i>Dead
men's graves</i>, and generally covered with the granulated
lava, aptly named by the settlers <i>buck-shot</i>, and found
throughout the country on these trappean `formations.
<i>Buck-shot</i> is always imbedded in a sandy alluvium,
sometimes several feet thick."

<hw>Buddawong</hw>, <i>n</i>. a variation of <i>Burrawang</i>
(q.v.).

1877. Australie, `The Buddawong's Crown,' `Australian Poets,'
1788-1888, ed. Sladen, p. 39:

"A Buddawong seed-nut fell to earth,
In a cool and mossy glade,
And in spring it shot up its barbed green swords,
Secure 'neath the myrtle's shade.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

And the poor, poor palm has died indeed.
But little the strangers care,
`There are zamias in plenty more,' they say,
But the crown is a beauty rare."

<hw>Budgeree</hw>, <i>adj</i>. aboriginal word for good, which
is common colloquially in the bush. See <i>Budgerigar</i>.

1793. J.Hunter, `Port Jackson,' p. 195:

"They very frequently, at the conclusion of the dance, would
apply to us . . . for marks of our approbation . . . which we
never failed to give by often repeating the word
<i>boojery</i>, good; or <i>boojery caribberie</i>, a good
dance."

<hw>Budgerigar</hw>, or <hw>Betcherrygah</hw>, <i>n</i>.
aboriginal name for the bird called by Gould the <i>Warbling
Grass-parrakeet</i>; called also <i>Shell-parrot</i> and
<i>Zebra- Grass-parrakeet</i>. In the Port Jackson dialect
<i>budgeri</i>, or <i>boodgeri</i>, means good, excellent. In
`Collins' Vocabulary'