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[ sheep-dawg, -dog ] / ˈʃipˌdɔg, -ˌdɒg /
nouna dog trained to herd and guard sheep. Origin of sheepdogFirst recorded in 1765–75; sheep + dog Words nearby sheepdogsheep, sheepback rock, sheepberry, sheepcote, sheep-dip, sheepdog, sheepdog trial, sheep fescue, sheepfold, sheephead, sheepherder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sheepdogGrossman has a name for the kind of person who sees the gun as protector in the opening thought experiment: sheepdog. In Defense of a Good Guy With a Gun|Brian Castner|April 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST But Grossman would say that all I am doing is leaving the sheepdog burden for others, that I am choosing to live in denial. In Defense of a Good Guy With a Gun|Brian Castner|April 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST The mop-haired pup, Beast, is a type of Hungarian sheepdog and frequently posts pictures and insight into his family life. Who Is Priscilla Chan, New Wife of Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg?||May 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST Like all good lurchers, she is bred between the greyhound and sheepdog. Poachers and Poaching|John Watson
To this class belong most of the useful dogs, such as the spaniel, the setter, the pointer and the sheepdog. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6|Various My comment on this story was that the farmer had displayed an almost incredible ignorance of a sheepdog—and a shepherd. A Shepherd's Life|W. H. Hudson Then sometimes you find all predictions upset, and all the big dogs beaten by a greyhound or an Old English sheepdog. The Dogs of Boytown|Walter A. Dyer I have had, maybe, a dozen dogs in all, the best being the result of a pure cross between greyhound and sheepdog. The Confessions of a Poacher|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for sheepdog
nounAlso called: shepherd dog a dog used for herding sheepSee Border collie any of various breeds of dog reared originally for herding sheepSee Old English sheepdog, Shetland sheepdog Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |