Sheep-biter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sheep-biter is a noun meaning (obsolete) A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep.
Meaning
(obsolete) A sheepdog that worries (chases or attacks) sheep.
More Meanings
- (obsolete, figurative, derogatory) A contemptible person, especially one who practices petty thefts.
Example Sentences
His gait, like a sheep-biter, fleering aside
Wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly, / rascally sheep-biter come by some notable / shame?
A poor man has but one ewe, and this grandee sheep-biter leaves whole flocks of fat wethers, whom he may knock down, to deuour this.
There are Political Sheep-biters as well as Pastoral; Betrayers of Publick Trusts as well as of Private; And Humane Curs that are as Wolvish as the Other.
Word Forms
- sheep-biters
- sheepbiter
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sheepbiter, bitesheep, biteshipe, sheepdog, biter, sheepfucker.
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