sheep-dip
Americannoun
noun
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any of several liquid disinfectants and insecticides in which sheep are immersed to kill vermin and germs in their fleece
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a deep trough containing such a liquid
Etymology
Origin of sheep-dip
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Last time you and I were together, we were at an event in D.C. where it felt like people were starting to get the message about this Leonard Leo sheep-dip process.
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2024
Approval for diazinon, mostly used as a sheep-dip in the UK, was revoked in this country in 1999 and its use in agriculture phased out from that date.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 1, 2010
There is a pause, during which my father spits, and then the conversation turns to the price of cattle, the E.E.C., butter mountains, the cost of lime and sheep-dip.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 8, 2010
Tommy himself admits that some of his show-biz colleagues might consider the deal "demeaning," and that off-season substitute series are "generally so much sheep-dip."
From Time Magazine Archive
And to end the little trip at this sheep-dip hole!
From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane
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