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Webster 1913 Edition
Sheepbiter
Sheep′bitˊer
,Noun.
One who practices petty thefts.
[Obs.]
Shak.
There are political
sheepbiters
as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. L’Estrange.
Definition 2024
sheepbiter
sheepbiter
English
Noun
sheepbiter (plural sheepbiters)
- (obsolete) One who practices petty thefts.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral; betrayers of public trusts as well as of private. — L'Estrange.