sheepherder
Americannoun
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Origin of sheepherder
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He traveled to the U.S. embassy in Lima, where he watched a video about being a sheepherder, or borreguero.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
His grandfather had been a sheepherder when he was young and a pastor when he was older.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
Sen. Paul Laxalt — the son of a Basque immigrant sheepherder.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2021
His mother died of cancer several months after he was born, and his father sent the boy and a sister to live with their grandparents in Montrose, Colo., while he worked as a sheepherder.
From Washington Post ● May 14, 2018
Then the water evaporated and the earth rose, so that not even a small depression marked the terrain; and nowadays nobody knows in which field the befuddled sheepherder dug his fabled hole.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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