| 单词 | sheep barber |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheep barber c. Chiefly Australian. A sheep shearer. Also more fully sheep barber, wool barber. Π 1836 Vermont Chron. 21 July 116/5 It is a piece of good old advice to buy your rams a little before shearing time, if possible; and a very necessary modern addition, to make the opportunity of purchasing at the farmer's house, while you see the animal..before he has been decked out and trimmed for show by the sheep barber. 1910 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Dec. 13/4 An extra stick of tobacco was awarded each barber who shaved over 50 jumbucks a day. 1984 W. W. Ammon et al. Working Lives 191 During the shearing season the passing teams of ‘wool barbers’ helped a lot as they earned good money and were big spenders. 2022 @llamasoft_ox 20 Apr. in twitter.com (accessed 14 June 2022) The barber usually visits some time in June. I am sure Panda [sc. a sheep] will be a bit freaked out by the process..but afterwards he will be free of wool. < as lemmas |
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