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sheepshaggers

sheepshaggers is the plural 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.

Questions about sheepshaggers

What is sheepshaggers the plural of?
Sheepshaggers is the plural of sheepshagger.

Words near sheepshaggers in the dictionary

  1. sheeprun
  2. sheepruns
  3. sheeps
  4. sheepsfoot
  5. sheepshagger
  6. sheepshaggers
  7. sheepshank
  8. sheepshanked
  9. sheepshanking
  10. sheepshanks
  11. sheepshead

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