How to use sheepdog in a sentence
Then he exerts himself like a sheep-dog and runs the whole crowd down the corridor and out into a couple of taxicabs.
The Women of Tomorrow | William HardDavey rode into it, hustled the cows into the centre, and took the old sheep-dog up on his saddle.
The Pioneers | Katharine Susannah PrichardMr. Traill brought out a second basin, and he remarked upon a sheep-dog's capacity for water.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor AtkinsonAnd he looked again at Jack Skehan's sheep-dog, who was licking his paws thoughtfully.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. HavilandRedpad swung round, ears cocked, pad raised, but the still cold air of mid-January was silent but for the sheep-dog's bark.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. Haviland
British Dictionary definitions for sheepdog
/ (ˈʃiːpˌdɒɡ) /
Also called: shepherd dog a dog used for herding sheep: See Border collie
any of various breeds of dog reared originally for herding sheep: See Old English sheepdog, Shetland sheepdog
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