The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheepbiter
Sheepbiter \Sheep"bit`er\, n.
One who practices petty thefts. [Obs.]
--Shak.
There are political sheepbiters as well as pastoral;
betrayers of public trusts as well as of private.
--L'Estrange.
Wiktionary
sheepbiter
n. (context obsolete English) One who practices petty thefts.