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Shearer

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Shear·er  (shîrr), Moira 1926-2006.
British ballerina best known for her role in the ballet film The Red Shoes (1948).
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Noun1.Shearer - Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)Shearer - Scottish ballet dancer and actress (born in 1926)
Moira Shearer
2.shearer - a workman who uses shears to cut leather or metal or textiles
working man, working person, workingman, workman - an employee who performs manual or industrial labor
3.shearer - a skilled worker who shears the wool off of sheep or other animals
skilled worker, skilled workman, trained worker - a worker who has acquired special skills
Translations
shearer [ˈʃɪərəʳ] N → esquilador(a) m/f
shearer
n → (Schaf)scherer(in) m(f)
shearer [ˈʃɪərəʳ] n (person) → tosatore/trice; (machine) → tosatrice f
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If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me.
Fables by Aesop View in context
When David shed his curls at the hair-dresser's, I am told, he said good-bye to them without a tremor, though Mary has never been quite the same bright creature since, so he despises the sheep as they run from their shearer and calls out tauntingly, "Cowardy, cowardy custard
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Never did the sheep turn upon her shearer with a more commanding front.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
 
 
 
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