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Meanings of fine sheep in English

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Usage of fine sheep in English
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It was a fine sheep, in good condition, and with plenty of wool.
Tell Me Another Story: The Book of Story Programs
2
Here we got two fine sheep for one rupee ten annas, or 3S.
Diary of a Pedestrian in Cashmere and Thibet
3
The natives have fine sheep, with remarkably white wool.
Travels in Morocco, Volume 2.
4
So saying, I caught a fine sheep, and proceeded to put our plan into execution.
Swiss Family Robinson
5
In one night he had seventy fine sheep and goats killed, besides many lambs and kids wounded.
"Old Put" The Patriot
6
We have a fine sheep for that!' And he signaled his minion to fetch a sheep from the herd.
For Love Of Evil
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But Tuesday night old Paul Stockton had six fine sheep killed in his upland pasture behind the fir woods.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904
8
Some of the fine sheep over at Plunkett's are down with foot rash, and I want to be there by noon.
The Golden Bird
9
O' Wednesdays my gentlemen had fine sheep's heads, calves' heads, and brocks' heads, of which there's no want in that country.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5
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She returned to her point: You breed fine cattle and fine sheep, and you try to improve the strain of your setters.
The Mettle of the Pasture
11
Here he bought a fine sheep for some beads, and his attendants killed it, with all the ceremonies prescribed by their religion.
Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, ...
12
A Berberi, said my informant, had been carefully fattening a fine sheep for a feast, when his cottage was burned by an accident.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volu...
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In the evening the king sent me a fine sheep; which was very acceptable, as none of us had tasted victuals during the day.
Life and Travels of Mungo Park
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"I went on a bit, and exchanged it for a fine sheep."
Folk-Lore and Legends: Scandinavian
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"Nay, but I haven't the goat either," said Gudbrand, "for a little farther on I traded it away and got a fine sheep instead!"
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
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"Nay, but I haven't got the goat either", said Gudbrand, "for a little farther on I swopped it away, and got a fine sheep instead."
Popular Tales from the Norse
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