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sheep shagger

sheep shagger is the alternative spelling of sheepshagger.

Meaning of sheepshagger

Noun

sheepshagger (plural sheepshaggers)

  1. (UK, slang) A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
    • "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight."1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover
  2. (UK, derogatory, slang) A person from Wales.
    • Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head]
      Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well.
      Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh.
      Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well.2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special
  3. (UK, derogatory, slang) A person from New Zealand.
  4. (UK, derogatory, slang) A supporter of Derby County F.C., a reference to the club nickname of The Rams.

Forms of sheep shagger

pluralsheep shaggers

Questions about sheep shagger

What is sheep shagger the alternative spelling of?
Sheep shagger is the alternative spelling of sheepshagger.

Words near sheep shagger in the dictionary

  1. sheep measles
  2. sheep milk
  3. sheep milks
  4. sheep polypore
  5. sheep polypores
  6. sheep shagger
  7. sheep shaggers
  8. sheep sorrel
  9. sheep station
  10. sheep stations
  11. sheep tick

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