Sheep-biting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sheep-biting is an adjective meaning (obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving.
Meaning
(obsolete) Contemptible; unscrupulous; shifty; thieving.
Example Sentences
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!
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sheepish, scurvy, sheep-faced, furacious, contemptible, buckish.
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