"Sheep-shearer" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Collections, seems misled by some similarity of sound, having noticed, perhaps, in Palsgrave, only the second occurrence of the word as before cited, "sheres for shepsters." He gives that author as authority for the explanation "shepster, a sheep-shearer" (Dict. of Archaic Words, in v.). It has been shown, however, I believe, to have no more concern with a sheep than ...
— Notes & Queries, No. 22., Saturday, March 30, 1850 • Various |
