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scabby sheep

scabby sheep noun: a person who has been in bad society and is consequently shunned to prevent their bad habits or reputation from spreading.

Noun

scabby sheep (plural scabby sheep)

  1. A person who has been in bad society and is consequently shunned to prevent their bad habits or reputation from spreading.
    • […] the Abbot ought to be informed of the fast, and bestow upon the Monk a corrective discipline; and that, if he did not mend his manners in consequence thereof, he ought to be expelled from the Society, as a scabby sheep, lest he should ruin others by his example.1780, Jean Louis de Lolme, The History of the Flagellants, page 124

Forms of scabby sheep

pluralscabby sheep

Questions about scabby sheep

What does scabby sheep mean?
Scabby sheep means a person who has been in bad society and is consequently shunned to prevent their bad habits or reputation from spreading.
What part of speech is scabby sheep?
Scabby sheep is a noun.
What is the plural of scabby sheep?
The plural of scabby sheep is scabby sheep.

Words near scabby sheep in the dictionary

  1. scabblers
  2. scabbles
  3. scabbling
  4. scabblings
  5. scabby
  6. scabby sheep
  7. scabella
  8. scabellum
  9. scaberulous
  10. scabetic
  11. scabicidal

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