shepherdess
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When quizzed about the animal - called Pablo - a sergeant claimed Sangster's partner McNeil told him she was a "trainee shepherdess."
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Elizabeth was originally depicted as a shepherdess with a crook and a lamb.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
In the celebrated “Alto Giove” from Porpora’s “Polifemo,” Ms. Hallenberg raptly intones Aci’s ravishing prayer of thanksgiving to Jupiter for bestowing on him the shepherdess Galatea.
From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2020
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
“What girl wouldn't? You'd look sweet, Mrs. de Winter, dressed as a little Dresden shepherdess, your hair tucked under a big three-cornered hat.”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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