Definitions

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  • adjective Without sheep

Etymologies

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sheep +‎ -less

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Examples

  • It would be a good thing if there existed between the two species a sheepless zone about 200 miles wide.

    Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

  • Over the southern end of this great wilderness ranges the black mountain sheep, and throughout the remainder, with many sheepless intervals, is scattered the white mountain sheep.

    Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895

  • I didn't care much for him either way; what I wanted was some fellowship and communion with holy saints or lost sinners -- anything sheepless would do.

    Options O. Henry 1886

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