sheepherder
Example Sentences
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His grandfather had been a sheepherder when he was young and a pastor when he was older.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
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
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
Adding insult to injury, the arrogant aloof sheepherder never carried a little chunk of osha in his pants pocket to ward off poisonous snakes.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
