单词 | rim-rocking |
释义 | > as lemmasˈrim-ˌrocking ˈrim-ˌrocking n. ΚΠ 1945 C. W. Towne & E. N. Wentworth Shepherd's Empire viii. 194 Driving sheep over a precipice was a favorite procedure. Among the practitioners—and the victims—of this method, this came to be known as ‘rim-rocking’. 1976 T. Clarke Real Cowboy 22 Cowboys were so incensed when flocks encroached on ‘their’ ranges that they sometimes resorted to ‘rim-rocking’—driving the sheep over the nearest convenient cliff. 1989 D. E. Sutherland Expansion of Everyday Life ix. 228 Dynamite tossed into corraled livestock could be effective, as was ‘rim-rocking’—driving livestock over cliffs. < as lemmas |
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