Meaning of stockrider | Babel Free

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A cowboy.

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“1907? Harold Bindloss, The Mistress of Bonaventure, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, https://archive.org/details/mistressofbonave00bindrich There is a similarity between the very old and the very new, and ancient poets perhaps best portray the primitive, sometimes heroic, life of effort the modern stockrider and plowman lead⟳ on the prairie.”

“A stockrider's life is perhaps of all occupations the most enjoyable, and there is just that element of risk⟳ connected with it that increases its fascination, but to make⟳ it intelligible to the reader, a sketch⟳ of the working and management of a cattle station will be necessary.”

“He would take⟳ to the saddle as soon as possible and work⟳ with native stockriders as one of them till he became a man, when, should he prove⟳ to be more intelligent, or rather, perhaps, more selfish and purposeful, than a native, he would be made a foreman.”

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