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shed out

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to separate off (sheep that have lambed) and move them to better pasture

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Bags of gabbro and similar calcium-bearing silicate rocks fill a shed out back and dot the office.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

When that space turned out to be too big for an art studio, the landlord told Stringer he was free to take a look at the shed out back.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 25, 2025

When you think of someone going off-grid—living in a house that is entirely self-sufficient, with no connection to utility companies—you maybe picture some sort of doomsday prepper in a Unabomber shed out in the wilderness.

From Slate Mar. 28, 2022

There was a shed out behind the house, and if it wasn't a real big drop-off, he'd just open up the shed.

From Salon Aug. 10, 2020

Whatever he can kill he brings home in a sack and skins right away, then hangs in the shed out back.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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