| 单词 | placer sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplacer sheep A sheep which becomes attached to a particular spot or object. Also placer sheep. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > defined by habits or actions hermit1874 placer1921 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who mines metals > goldminer gold miner1717 river digger1806 gold-digger1826 gold worker1848 digger1853 reefer1859 goldfielder1898 placer1921 1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira xxxviii. 383 I have never known a ‘placer’ produce a lamb. 1940 A. Wall in Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Jan. 41/2 (title of poem) The placer sheep. 1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang 27 Placers are often lambs whose mothers have died and who have transferred their affection to some object, such as a bush or stone. 1959 S. J. Baker Drum ii. 135 Placer, a sheep which attaches itself to a certain spot. Rural sl[ang]. < as lemmas |
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