Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of shears used for shearing sheep. The pointed blades are connected by a steel bow, which renders them self-opening.
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Examples
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That evening, when Kennicott was trimming the grass along the walk with sheep-shears, Bresnahan rolled up, alone.
Main Street 2004
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Tom Lyon found a pair of sheep-shears in the stable and acted as barber.
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That she had sold her last cow, and her feather-bed, and her teakettle, and her sheep-shears, and her grandfather's musket, all added wonderfully to the great doctor's reputation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866 Various
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That evening, when Kennicott was trimming the grass along the walk with sheep-shears, Bresnahan rolled up, alone.
Main Street 1920
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That evening, when Kennicott was trimming the grass along the walk with sheep-shears, Bresnahan rolled up, alone.
Main Street Sinclair Lewis 1918
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He sought out a neighbor who had a pair of sheep-shears, and Mr. Murphy cropped the boy's hair close to his scalp.
The Corner House Girls at School Grace Brooks Hill 1917
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There was a pair of sheep-shears in the stable, and Private Tom Lyons acted as barber.
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Paine, Albert Bigelow, 1861-1937 1916
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A pile of stinking sheep-skins, a few rolls of questionable longcloth, two packets of candles, some sheep-shears, gin-traps, and a keg of tar.
On the Heels of De Wet Lionel James 1913
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They would have waited a month with the sheep-shears ready.
The University of Hard Knocks Ralph Parlette 1900
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There was a pair of sheep-shears in the stable, and Private Tom
The Boys' Life of Mark Twain Albert Bigelow Paine 1899
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