Definition of wood-and-water joey in English:

wood-and-water joey

noun

Australian, NZ informal

1An unskilled labourer who carries out the menial tasks in a place of work.
at fifteen he was working as a wood-and-water joey on a big cattle station
Example sentencesExamples
- It's not so common nowadays, working your way up from wood-and-water joey to boss.
- He was wood and water joey at some squatter's place.
- Last of all was the wood-and-water joey with his dray.
- The wood-and-water joey fell a victim to his bowie.
- "Sometimes they send the wrong lengths aboard," he says, "and then I have to cut 'em up myself. I'm a fireman," he says, "not a wood-and-water joey."
1. 1.1 A servile employee.
  I'm not going to be wood-and-water joey, I can tell ye
  Example sentencesExamples
  They were not merely wood-and-water-joeys, they were energetic men.
  There is no doubt that the statesmen took advantage of the inexperience of our representatives and forced upon them an agreement which still leaves Australia in the position of a wood and water joey.
  That principle is going to make of the Australian tradesman nothing else but a wood-and-water joey.
  They expected the minister to be a wood-and-water joey in connection with the work of the church.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from an allusion to the biblical phrase 'hewers of wood and drawers of water' (Josh. 9:21) + joey¹ (in the sense 'a recent arrival on a goldfield')..

单词	wood-and-water joey
释义	Definition of wood-and-water joey in English: wood-and-water joey noun Australian, NZ informal 1An unskilled labourer who carries out the menial tasks in a place of work. at fifteen he was working as a wood-and-water joey on a big cattle station Example sentencesExamples It's not so common nowadays, working your way up from wood-and-water joey to boss. He was wood and water joey at some squatter's place. Last of all was the wood-and-water joey with his dray. The wood-and-water joey fell a victim to his bowie. "Sometimes they send the wrong lengths aboard," he says, "and then I have to cut 'em up myself. I'm a fireman," he says, "not a wood-and-water joey." 1.1 A servile employee. I'm not going to be wood-and-water joey, I can tell ye Example sentencesExamples They were not merely wood-and-water-joeys, they were energetic men. There is no doubt that the statesmen took advantage of the inexperience of our representatives and forced upon them an agreement which still leaves Australia in the position of a wood and water joey. That principle is going to make of the Australian tradesman nothing else but a wood-and-water joey. They expected the minister to be a wood-and-water joey in connection with the work of the church. Origin Mid 19th century: from an allusion to the biblical phrase 'hewers of wood and drawers of water' (Josh. 9:21) + joey¹ (in the sense 'a recent arrival on a goldfield')..
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