shepherdess
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The stories of her dressing as a shepherdess and milking the royal cows are probably no truer than the claim that she said, “Let them eat brioche.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
As the eldest shepherdess, Annar kisses the door of one of the ranches, says a prayer and steps inside carrying a hotplate with burning leaves.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
But it’s an older character—Bo Peep, a ceramic shepherdess in a yearslong flirtation with Sheriff Woody—who’s the film’s greatest delight and most original creation.
From Slate • Jun. 22, 2019
Hence the opening shot, jolting and handheld, in which we share van Gogh’s point of view as he approaches a shepherdess and her flock on a country track and asks if he can sketch her.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018
“He thinks Lady Crowan’s idea of my dressing up as a Dresden shepherdess is nothing to laugh at.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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