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sheepherder

[sheep-hur-der] / ˈʃipˌhɜr dər /


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On “Perfect Strangers,” which I adored as a girl, Balki Bartokomous was a childlike sheepherder who arrived to Chicago from a strange land, the fictional island of Mypos, where telephones and indoor plumbing were scarce.

From New York Times Oct. 21, 2021

Sen. Paul Laxalt — the son of a Basque immigrant sheepherder.

From Seattle Times Aug. 14, 2021

A piglet unexpectedly becomes a champion sheepherder with training from his adoptive canine mother.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2019

His mother died of cancer several months after he was born, and his father sent the boy and a sister to live with their grandparents in Montrose, Colo., while he worked as a sheepherder.

From Washington Post May 14, 2018

I wished so much that this war would be over and I could go back to being just a Navajo sheepherder again.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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