Definition
bullcooks
noun
- Plural of bullcook; a cook's assistant or helper in a logging camp, ranch, or similar work setting.
Usage: informal; chiefly North American; historical/occupational
Examples
- The bullcooks prepared meals for the entire logging crew.
- In the old ranch days, bullcooks were essential to keeping the workers fed.
- He started as a bullcook before becoming the camp's head cook.
- The bullcooks worked long hours in the kitchen tent.