| 单词 | sheep-stealing |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈsheep-stealing ˈsheep-stealing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stealing animals > [noun] > stealing of other animals or livestock poultry picking?a1500 sheep-stealinga1578 deer-stealing1710 dognapping1921 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > stealing animals > [adjective] > stealing sheep sheep-stealing1701 a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 133 For no scheip steilling nor wrangous geir. 1648 W. Jenkyn Ὁδηγος Τυϕλος i. 6 Their trade of Sheep-stealing will..decay. 1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. 89 One Sheep-stealing Rogue will spoil all the rest. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 57 We shall be taken up for sheep-stealing presently ourselves. < as lemmas |
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