Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A mongrel or ill-trained shepherd-dog which snaps at or worries sheep; hence, one who cheats or robs the simple or those he should guard; a, petty thief, or perhaps a faultfinding, backbiting, or censorious person. Compare
bite-sheep .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete One who practices petty thefts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who practices
petty thefts .
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sionnach commented on the word sheepbiter
n.) One who practices petty thefts.
January 17, 2009
bilby commented on the word sheepbiter
Of lambs?
August 22, 2009
rommy commented on the word sheepbiter
this makes me hungry
October 3, 2009