Shearing

[ sheer-ing ]

/ ˈʃɪər ɪŋ /

noun

(Sir) George Albert, 1919–2011, English jazz pianist and composer.

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a cylindrical wooden container with slightly bulging sides.

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Example sentences from the Web for Shearing

Electoral losses have only driven the party further rightward, shearing it of its Northeastern wing.
Run, Sarah, Run!|Michelle Goldberg|July 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I remember well, when quite a little lad, thinking old Parson McGruer's shearing a wonderful sight.
Our Home in the Silver West|Gordon Stables
You may know well about fishing and be good at shearing sheep for what I know; but you are little of a judge of damask sheets.
The Waif Woman|Robert Louis Stevenson
Hogs and Tegs: the first shearing of sheep that have not been shorn as lambs.
Vegetable Dyes|Ethel M. Mairet

So, as soon as ever shearing was over and the wool sent off, I asked leave of absence, and obtained it.
Erewhon|Samuel Butler
It is very often seen in Saxons shearing scarcely two pounds of wool, and on the very lightest fleeced Merinos.
Sheep, Swine, and Poultry|Robert Jennings

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