What does sheep-biting mean?
Sheep-biting means (obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving..
Show your knave's visage, with a pox to you. Show your sheep-biting face, and be hanged an hour.
How like a sheep-biting Rogue taken i'th' manner, / And ready for the halter dost thou look now!
Use sheep-biting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sheep-biting means (obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving..
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Show your knave's visage, with a pox to you. Show your sheep-biting face, and be hanged an hour.
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