cockatoo farmer

obsolete

cockatoo farmer is spelled C-O-C-K-A-T-O-O-F-A-R-M-E-R: 14 letters. As a derogatory noun, cockatoo farmer means “A small-scale farmer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of cockatoo farmer is cockatoo farmers.

How many letters and syllables are in cockatoo farmer?

Letters	14: C-O-C-K-A-T-O-O-F-A-R-M-E-R
In writing	a phrase: the frequency list counts single words
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Words people confuse with cockatoo farmer

Also written: cocky.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What does cockatoo farmer mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
AustraliaderogatoryobsoleteA small-scale farmer.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does cockatoo farmer come from?

Probably refers to the practice of working a small patch of land for a short period before moving on, in the manner of a feeding cockatoo. Alternatively so called to compare the farmers with the common sulphur-crested cockatoo, which come down on the newly sown cornfields in myriads.