单词 | off shears |
释义 | > as lemmasoff (the) shears j. off (the) shears: of sheep, just shorn. Australian and New Zealand. ΚΠ 1888 J. Bradshaw N.Z. of Today vi. 110 The hoggett..in 1882 could be readily sold ‘off the shears’ at twelve shillings. 1896 T. W. Heney Girl at Birrell's 69 Now and again a buyer visited the stations to get cheap sheep ‘off shears’. 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. viii. 216 He drove them over Porter's Pass off the shears. 1964 T. Ronan Packhorse & Pearling Boat 147 The sheep had arrived off-shears. < as lemmas |
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