Jacky Howe

English Alternative forms en Jackie Howe Etymology After the gun shearer John Robert (“Jacky” or “Jackie”) Howe, who in 1890 set a long-standing world record by shearing 321 sheep in 7 hours 40 minutes. He is said to have worn a shirt with the sleeves cut off. Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Jacky Howe.ogg AU Noun en Australia A type of blue sleeveless shirt worn by sheep shearers and labourers. en 1941 Queensland Department of Primary Industries Queensland Agricultural Journal 56 171 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=f-QHAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k4SOT8HaLMLPmAXdur2aDA&redir_esc=y Still, no one has ever thought before of associating a papaw with a “Jacky Howe,” or, say, fruit salad with a flannel shirt. 1949, Ruth Park, Poor Man's Orange, in 2010, The Harp in the South Trilogy, Penguin, unnumbered page, He had finished his tea and was sitting in his Jackie Howe, which is a singlet with the sleeves out of it, and called after a famous shearer of the blade days. en 1990 Bianka Vidonya Balanzategui Gentlemen of the Flashing Blade 28 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1EtYAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k4SOT8HaLMLPmAXdur2aDA&redir_esc=y As the Jacky Howe was identified with the canecutter so too were the canvas sandshoes which were worn till the canvas rotted. en 1996 David Foster The Glade within the Grove 58 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=nqVaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=k4SOT8HaLMLPmAXdur2aDA&redir_esc=y The coppers tell me that whenever they pull the old curmudgeon over — and he′s still driving a B-Model Mack well into his eighties — all he would ever be wearing was a Jacky Howe singlet* and a pair of jocks. en 2002 Kerry McGinnis Heart Country http://books.google.com.au/books?id=_blquuTfUh4C&pg=PT69&dq=%22Jacky+Howe%22%7C%22Jacky+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-oeOT66_J-eeiAf5ydTSDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Jacky%20Howe%22%7C%22Jacky%20Howes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered Men in shorts and navy Jacky Howe singlets were building a causeway across the spill of swift, shallow water. en 2010 Roger K. A. Allen Ballina Boy: A Child's Odyssey through the 1950s 194 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=sRoQeWZFSwsC&pg=PA193&dq=%22Jackie+Howes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5qSOT7X_Haa4iQeRp5nyDA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Jackie%20Howes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false Occasionally I would see their innards revealed by a gang of men in Jackie Howes with jack-hammers and chinking mattocks picked the sleepers clean of ballast like bull ants cleaning up a fish′s frame. Synonyms en singlet, en wifebeater en eponyms en Clothing