| 单词 | to pink 'em |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pink 'em 3. transitive. Australian and New Zealand colloquial. To shear (a sheep) closely so that the colour of the animal's skin shows through. Frequently in to pink 'em. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > shear sheep [verb (transitive)] > manner, technique, or part beard1429 belt?1523 feazea1642 shirl1688 dag1706 tag1707 clat1838 tomahawk1859 rough1878 to open up1886 pink1897 crutch1915 barrow1933 slum1965 1897 Worker (Sydney) 11 Sept. 1/1 He ‘shaves’ his sheep, or ‘pinks 'em’, when he shears them nice and clean. 1900 H. Lawson Verses Pop. & Humorous 168 Get the bell-sheep out;..But ‘pink’ 'em nice and pretty when you see the Boss's boots. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Nov. 28/1 Instead of being ‘pinked’, there was sufficient wool left on as weather protection. 1975 G. A. W. Smith Once Green Jackaroo 151 If you see any ridges of wool left on the sheep, give the man one warning but not two. I want my sheep pinked. < as lemmas |
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