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Definition of Sheepshanks
1. sheepshank [n] - See also: sheepshank
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheepshanks
Literary usage of Sheepshanks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine (1854)
"Chief Baron rose to inquire whether Mr. sheepshanks had had notice of this attack.
Mr. sheepshanks said that in point of form, he had not had notice ..."
2. A Catalogue of the National Gallery of British Art at South Kensington: With by South Kensington Museum, Richard Redgrave (1893)
"sheepshanks Gift. 75. Study for the Portrait of MR. sheepshanks. (1832. ...
sheepshanks Gift. 76 & 77. SKETCH for the HOUSEKEEPER in the same Picture (1832) ..."
3. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1895)
"Mrs. sheepshanks in the Chair. WOMEN'S MEETING. ... Mrs. sheepshanks, The Palace,
Norwich. •GATHERED together under the auspices of the Church Congress, ..."
4. Iron edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1854)
"Chief Baron lose to inquire whether Mr. sheepshanks had had notice of this attack.
Mr. sheepshanks said that in point of form, he had not had notice ..."
5. Guide to an Exhibition of Drawings and Etchings by Rembrandt and Etchings by by Sidney Colvin (1899)
"sheepshanks. 567. A beggar with hands behind his back (Bartsch 21). First state.
sheepshanks. 568. A beggar in a cloak (Bartsch 22). Second state. ..."
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