| 单词 | gun shearer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgun shearer 13. In full gun shearer. An expert sheep-shearer. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer clippera1382 shearer1388 sheep-shearer1539 forcer1553 fleecer1612 tiger1865 tomahawker1870 snagger1887 boss of the board1896 gun1898 jingling Johnny1904 barrowman1940 ryebuck shearera1957 barrower1965 1898 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Dec. Gun..generally speaking a man who can shear over 200 a day. 1947 P. Newton Wayleggo (1949) iii. 39 There I saw some of our greatest gun (fast) shearers in action. 1952 J. Cleary Sundowners iii. 121 A ‘gun’ shearer, a crack man, was always welcome in a team. 1956 G. Bowen Wool Away! (ed. 2) iii. 24 While perhaps this may be all right for odd ‘guns’ it is not a good practice for the majority of shearers or learners. 1970 Telegraph (Brisbane) 18 Feb. 5/1 (heading) ‘Gun’ shearer only 11. < as lemmas |
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