sheep-whistling love

sheep-whistling

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Whistling after sheep; tending sheep.

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Examples

  • An old sheep-whistling rogue a ram-tender, to offer to have his daughter come into grace!

    The Winter’s Tale 2004

  • An old sheep-whistling rogue, a ram-tender, to offer to have his daughter come into grace!

    Act IV. Scene III. The Winter’s Tale 1914

  • An old sheep-whistling rogue a ram-tender, to offer to have his daughter come into grace!

    The Winter's Tale 1610

  • An old sheep-whistling rogue, a ram-tender, to offer to have his daughter come into grace!

    The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare 1590

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