sheepshead
[sheeps-hed]
- a deep-bodied, black-banded food fish, Archosargus probatocephalus, living along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- a freshwater drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of eastern North America.
- sheephead.
- Also called schafskopf. Cards. an earlier and simpler form of skat.
- Obsolete. a foolish or stupid person.
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Origin of sheepshead
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Examples from the Web for sheepshead
Contemporary Examples
Born and raised in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, he grew up in a blue-collar family.
Fox switched to a WNYW-TV report on rising water near a group of homes in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
Historical Examples
Go and ask the Marquess of Sheepshead what he thinks of him.
The Young DukeBenjamin Disraeli
We dined today on the fish called the sheepshead, with crabs.
The Bounty of the ChesapeakeJames Wharton
For instance, the cunner and sheepshead are expert bait stealers.
Favorite Fish and FishingJames Alexander Henshall
Then he knew that he was not lying in the loft at Sheepshead Bay.
Then a school of sheepshead came along, of which we got a dozen.
sheepshead
- any of several sparid fishes with strong crushing teeth, esp Archosargus rhomboidalis, of the American Atlantic, which is marked with dark bands
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