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One yet to be sheared
Answer for the clue "One yet to be sheared ", 6 letters:
hogget
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared [syn: hog , hogg ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hogget may refer to: A domestic sheep between one and two years of age. The meat from such an animal. Hogget meat tends to have a darker red color than meat from a younger lamb and to have a slightly richer flavor. The wool of such an animal. Hogget is ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chiefly UK NZ English) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth). 2 (context chiefly UK NZ English) The meat of a hogget (sheep). 3 (context chiefly UK English) A young boar of the second ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hogget \Hog"get\, n. [See Hog, and Hoggerel .] A young boar of the second year. A sheep or colt alter it has passed its first year.
Usage examples of hogget.
Twenty miles away, Sextus, and I have been able to buy a flock of hogget sheep.
The ancient creature palmed off upon the unsuspecting caterer as a hogget had been a familiar sight, stumping slowly about upon the deck.
A chalkboard listed the day's specials: hogget stew, baked adag in cream sauce, and grilled rhamphorhynchus with garlic butter.
It seems he has some hoggets up there with a rot of the feet, he and his man came back only to get a supply of the wash to treat them.