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Definition of Shearers
1. shearer [n] - See also: shearer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shearers
Literary usage of Shearers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"shearers' ACCOMMODATION BILL. The Hon. Mr. WC WALKER, in moving, the second
reading of this Bill, said it was simply a measure to amplify the provision ..."
2. Life and Progress in Australasia by Michael Davitt (1898)
"The shearers live most sumptuously, and manage to do it at a cost that will
astonish those of my readers who are not aware of the facts. ..."
3. The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century by Timothy Augustine Coghlan, Thomas T. Ewing (1903)
"Between the pastoralists and shearers there were certain longstanding ...
The shearers'Union was a most powerful organisation with branches in all the ..."
4. Observations in Europe: Principally in France and Great Britain by John Price Durbin (1844)
"shearers.—Belfast.—Sunday.—Primitive Methodists. —Abundant Population. ...
The shearers must almost break their backs in stooping, or else work on their ..."
5. Observations in Europe: Principally in France and Great Britain by John Price Durbin (1844)
"shearers.—Belfast. ... The shearers must almost break their backs in stooping,
or else work on their knees. VOL. II. ..."
6. Sermons: Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton by Frederick William Robertson (1861)
""Shall I take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my
shearers, and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be? ..."
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