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单词 great ewe
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great ewe
great ewe n. Scottish a pregnant ewe; cf. sense A. 5a.
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1798 R. Douglas Gen. View Agric. Roxburgh & Selkirk iv. 258 It is usual, in several farms, to sell a certain proportion of ewes while great with young, from whence they are called great-ewes.
1851 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm (ed. 2) II. 160/1 The ewe-lambs..are reared until they are tupped, and then sold as great ewes to breeders.
1950 Scots Mag. Mar. 424 Their various classes of ‘grete’ ewes (those with lambs), yeld ewes and hoggs.
2012 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Mar. 26 Grit ewes sold to £150 (x3) for Mules scanned with twins.
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