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Shearer

[ UK /ʃˈi‍əɹɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈʃɪɹɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)

How To Use Shearer In A Sentence

  • We were able to hire experienced blade shearers who stayed in the cottage on the farm.
  • Shearer, a tough nut not inclined to whinge, said his ankle was like a pudding.
  • A new ‘dead man’ switch in the handpiece used to shear sheep may start to reduce the injuries suffered by shearers.
  • During its 1864 season 41,000 sheep were shorn, providing work for an army of musterers, shearers, woolclassers, packers and teamsters.
  • Shearer was desperately close to a goal and then Mitchell bounced a shot off the bar.
  • He takes a quick kick dead straight towards goal ... which shearer runs on to and scores.
  • All shearers, including farmers or farm employees helping out on farms other than their own, must hold a red licence allowing them to shear sheep in an infected area.
  • Visitors meet the shearers, shedhands, sheep and dogs who work in the shearing and wool industries.
  • The rest of the year they got casual work, often as shearers.
  • They both helped in yarding the sheep, sweeping out the woolshed during shearing (Judy became a proficient shearer), taking morning and afternoon tea to the shearers, and helping drive mobs.
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