| 单词 | shearer |
| 例句 | Jake has a past – "We've all got a past," one of the shearers tells her – and slowly it is revealed why she might have chosen to move to the other side of the world. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld – review 2013-06-30T09:00:01Z Much of that is due to Ruth Wilson’s tough, traumatized performance as Alice, an itinerant sheep shearer who returns home to claim tenancy of the family farm. Review: A ‘Dark River’ of Abuse Separates a Brother and Sister from Their Inheritance 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z My father was a sheep shearer, so I grew up in a caravan; we'd go around from shearing shed to shearing shed. Zero Dark Thirty: Jason Clarke confesses 2013-01-18T14:00:00Z Kansteiner employs a shearer who gets all the wool off a sheep in one piece. This shepherd has found her niche in the farm-to-fashion movement 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Visitors can watch them be shorn by an expert shearer, attend zookeeper and barn animal demonstrations and make fleece crafts. Kids Listings for May 16-22 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z We meet her on a sheep station in the outback, where she works as a shearer. All the Birds, Singing by Evie Wyld – review 2013-06-30T09:00:01Z We join the river at the way station of Whakahoro, where I’ve slept in former sheep shearers’ quarters at the Blue Duck Station. Mystic river: Canoeing a living entity in New Zealand 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Saturday's rescue operation was led by professional shearer Cammy Wilson who on Sunday relieved Fiona of her matted and overgrown fleece. Britain's loneliest sheep in hiding after rehoming row 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z The rescue mission was organised by Cammy Wilson, a sheep shearer from Ayrshire, after seeing media coverage of the ewe's plight. Resc-ewed: Britain's loneliest sheep saved from shoreline 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z The sheep industry once thrived in this region, but a commodities crash and relentless droughts have driven many shearers away. Aussie Farmers Unleash Dinosaur Rush as Fossil Findings Rewrite History 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Miners now work with the help of robots, which monitor equipment while centrally-controlled shearers are used to collect coal. China pushes to digitize mines in attempt to make them safer 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z A Welsh sheep shearer has set a new British record after shearing 902 animals in nine hours. Welsh sheep shearer Lloyd Rees, 28, sets new UK record 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Horehore Station, the ranch that was recently sold, employed three people full time and many others part time, such as shearers, fencers and helicopter pilots, Mr. Hindrup said. How New Zealand’s Climate Fight Is Threatening Its Iconic Farmland 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z What’s mundane to them — working in the South Pole or as a shearer — can be fascinating to the rest of us. Perspective | These crispy smashed potatoes helped me crack the TikTok code 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z In dusty sheds on outback farms they join up with local shearers and, between them, relieve five million sheep of their fleeces over eight weeks. Australia’s sheep left without shearers as Covid halts travel from New Zealand 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z To keep them cool in the warm weather, the two bring in a shearer from New Zealand to the U.K., apparently to the excitement of the mammals. Viral pictures show chilled-out alpaca getting sheared during summer 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Labor was formed by striking sheep shearers meeting under an Outback tree in 1891. Facts and figures in Australian elections on Saturday 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Those represented in the exhibition range from sheep shearers to diary farmers and hay collectors. Exhibition challenges farming stereotypes 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z He believed he may even be the last shearer in Westmoreland County, as more small farmers do their own shearing or opt for wool-free “hair sheep” for meat. Shearer shortage looms over sheep farmers 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z They bolster a local population that only numbers about 3,000 shearers, said Jason Letchford, a spokesperson for the Shearing Contractors Association of Australia. Australia’s sheep left without shearers as Covid halts travel from New Zealand 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z Maori sheep shearers from New Zealand in Wyoming. When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z Watkins goes by the nickname Cowboy, which fits the former sheep shearer who wears pointed-toe boots and striped shirts with shiny buttons. In Mekong Delta backwaters, Vietnam vets find peace in a town that war destroyed 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z SAT Watch professional shearers remove sheep’s winter coats, sheep herding demonstrations, tractor pulled wagon rides, food vendors, fiber craft demonstrations, Eastside Heritage Center activities, pony rides, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Experts hope there will be more demand for shearers in the state as falling dairy prices shift more farmers from raising cows to raising sheep. Shearer shortage looms over sheep farmers 2018-04-14T04:00:00Z Another where four New Zealand shearers were offering to pay for their own quarantine costs was being considered, he added. Australia’s sheep left without shearers as Covid halts travel from New Zealand 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z The shearers, itinerant workers who typically live in cities the rest of the year, will visit multiple homesteads throughout the season. Shearing Sheep at the End of the World 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z People using hard drugs in Central Otago included shearers, businessmen and tourists, he said. You've got meth: NZ residents urged to check letterboxes for drug shipments 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z An estimated 7,000 people traveled to Bellevue’s Kelsey Creek Farm Park on Saturday, April 30, to watch shearers relieve many sheep of their wool and to enjoy the beautiful weather. Sheep get sheared, city folks get entertained at Bellevue park 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z But good workers - shepherds and shearers - were hard to find. 5 generations tend Boulder Valley family ranch 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z For instance shearer plumped for Chelsea for 2 seasons and is currently once right from 2, safe bet. Who will finish where this season? 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z James Croker works as a truck repairman and part-time sheep shearer, something he learned on his family’s sheep station in Australia. What A Dance Troupe Taught Me About Resilience 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z His work area, around 80 yards long, was where a shearer machine, a giant pinwheel-like cutter, broke apart the earthen walls so the coal could be extracted from the rock. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z "He ran that business until 1955, and someone who used his services told me Archie was 'more like a sheep shearer than a hairdresser'." Blue plaque for each house in road 2013-06-15T04:07:21Z The introduction of shearing machines has helped to increase the shearer's daily tally. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, that I know not whence they be?” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Now, to use David’s own words, he intended to slay every man living; Nabal, sheep shearers, and all belonging to him. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Their area was the site of the shearer machine, which cut into the earth’s wall, and supporting machinery that created a higher ceiling, where some of the carbon monoxide could collect. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z I have seen as many as a hundred shearers at work at once. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The shearers have their own cook and "find" themselves, sharing together in a general mess; and as they earn good money they "do themselves" really well, denying themselves no delicacy obtainable at the station store. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z An exceedingly wrinkled neck, however, adds but little to the weight of the fleece—not enough, in fact, to compensate for the deformity, and the great impediment thus placed in the way of the shearer. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z "Now go on:— "'Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast. Special Method in the Reading of Complete English Classics In the Grades of the Common School 2012-03-17T02:01:04.053Z Just after 3 o’clock, the shearer machine stopped working. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Light is to the photographer what the sickle is to the shearer—a good reaper can cut well with an indifferent sickle, but an indifferent reaper never gets a good sickle in his hand. The Evolution of Photography With a Chronological Record of Discoveries, Inventions, etc., Contributions to Photographic Literature, and Personal Reminescences Extending over Forty Years 2012-02-15T03:00:30.577Z The money earned is out of all proportion to what other classes of labour receive, nevertheless the shearer is the most discontented and turbulent of all classes, and very decidedly aggressive. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z Great care should be taken not to cut the wool twice in two, as inexperienced shearers are apt to do, since it is a great damage to the wool. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z New Zealand produces some of the world's best shearers and its national championship, the Golden Shears, receives substantial local media coverage. NZ farmers group sees sheep shearing at Olympics 2012-01-17T07:01:22Z He knew what was happening: Even with the space above the shearer machine, there was too much smoke. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Why, I’ve heard shearers, and hawkers, and swagmen spouting him by the yard! A Bride from the Bush 2011-12-24T03:08:05.053Z As sheep before His shearers, dumb, Those patient lips were mute; The clamorous charge of taunting tongues He deigned not to dispute. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z Good shearers will shear, on the average, twenty-five Merinos per day; but a new beginner should not attempt to exceed from one-third to one-half of that number. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z New Zealand Federated Farmers said in a statement Monday that the world's top shearers were "athletes who take it to another level." NZ farmers group sees sheep shearing at Olympics 2012-01-17T07:01:22Z A hundred or so men near the shearer machine where Ahmet worked were discovered alive, for example. The Mine Disaster That Shook Turkey 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z It is a lamb whose wool belongs to the best shearer. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z The shearer had his horse hung up outside; he could have got away quite easily in the beginning; but our horses were all turned out, and he wouldn't leave us. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z A good shearer and assistant will tag two hundred sheep per day. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z This of course implied an insult to me, but I was like a sheep before the shearers, dumb. Medical Life in the Navy 2011-09-08T02:00:20.387Z And how good the pannikin of tea was, and the shearer's bun! Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z And of our dear Saviour it says that when his enemies reviled him, "as a lamb before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not His mouth." Little Susy's Little Servants 2011-08-28T02:00:39.053Z "Mr. Sellwood may remember my little anecdote of the iron store, the Queensland blacks, and the French eagle on the chest of the stray shearer who saved all our lives?" My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z It is the last process in the world which should be hurried, as the shearer will, in that case, soon leave more than enough wool on his sheep to pay for his day’s wages. Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. 2012-03-21T02:00:35.167Z It is a harder thing to endure the silent passive anguish to which the Lamb, dumb before the shearers, calls His followers. The Gospel According to St. Mark 2011-08-20T02:00:14.427Z In due course the shearers arrived, and all being ready, operations were begun at once. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Beware of shearers, for where there is a flock there necessarily must be shepherds also to shear and devour it. God and the State 2011-07-02T02:00:10.230Z We were three strong in an iron store: the owner, a stray shearer, and myself. My Lord Duke 2011-09-09T02:01:11.940Z Like the sheep before the shearer, he is dumb. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z The shearers were very quiet, and orderly, and although they did not shear very fast, they did their work well. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z He had been a soldier in French Africa, a shearer in Australia, a miner at the Cape, a stockbroker in New York, and several other things. The Kidnapped President 2011-06-23T02:00:29.120Z The shearers earned three shillings and sixpence for every score of sheep they could shear. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z He'd found global media fame in 2004 after evading shearers for six years by hiding in caves on his South Island farm. It's quiz time! 2011-06-10T00:52:15Z He avoided shearers by hiding in caves for - wait for it - six years! Goodbye to famous super sheep 2011-06-07T12:39:21Z The month of December, however, was half through before the shearing was completed, and the shearers, having received the money due to them, finally took their departure. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Shrek's giant fleece - enough to make 20 large men's suits - was auctioned off in 2004 Shrek the New Zealand sheep, whose ability to avoid the shearers made him a national celebrity, has died. NZ mourns death of world's most famous sheep 2011-06-07T09:23:48Z The man who earned the most money of all the employees on the station was the shearers' cook. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z "When the month of May comes, the shearers come: they shear by night, they shear by day; for a month, and a fortnight, and three weeks they shear the wool of these white sheep." Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z Finally, he was “brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.” War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ 2011-04-18T02:00:09.590Z The afternoon before shearing was to begin a gang of fifteen shearers arrived on horseback. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The old men, in clean, white shirt-sleeves, with long clay pipes in their mouths, were wandering about the yard, watching the shearers, who were working with a silent rapidity that showed a very keen contest. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z The wages of a shearers' cook is the shearing price of a score of sheep per week, or three-and-sixpence a week for every shearer. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z When the shearers go, the washers come; when the washers go, the carders come; then come the spinners, the weavers, the buyers, and the ragmen who gather up the bits. Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886) 2011-05-28T02:00:21.687Z The shearers, many of whom were often the flock-owner's well-to-do neighbors, were treated more as guests than as laborers, and the best the house afforded was set before them. Vermont A Study of Independence 2011-03-17T02:00:13.130Z These shearers were supplemented by other natives in our neighbourhood, and by those of our own people who knew how to shear, so that quite a good number were ready to commence the important work. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z If such an accident occurred, it was a blemish on the shearer’s fame. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z When the shearing was over all the shearers went in a body to the nearest hotel, as is customary, to have a jollification. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The price is usually five cents a head, the farmer providing food, but the shearer finding his own tools. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z Some of the shearers we had the row with last year would be truly formidable with arms in their hands. The Crooked Stick or Pollies's Probation 2011-02-06T03:01:00.547Z Two men were ready, waiting to catch the sheep: tie their legs and lay them on the floor, ready for the shearers. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z In a small enclosure at the extreme end there was perhaps the merriest group of all,—about a dozen school-lads, whose duty it was to bring the sheep to the shearers. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Still I recognized him at once as my friend the shearer. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z The shearer was at work, and fleeces weighing from seventeen to twenty pounds were displayed. Two Years in Oregon 2011-02-16T03:00:33.293Z The government said it believed the blast was ignited when sparks from a rock shearer reached a methane leak. Massey disputes U.S. allegation on deadly coal mine blast 2011-01-28T21:47:18Z When it ended it was a not unusual custom for the day following to be kept as a general holiday before the company finally dispersed, and the shearers took their departure. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z There were seven shearers present, wonderfully handsome, stalwart fellows. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 3 2011-03-21T02:00:11.920Z Then the shearers would arrive, sixty in number, and with all their assistants they would make nearly a hundred persons. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z I questioned Him, but like a lamb before His shearers He was dumb and answered me No word. The Blood of Rachel A Dramatization of Esther, and other poems 2011-01-14T03:00:46.933Z He also disputed the government's allegations that sprinklers on the rock shearer were not in working order, and that the teeth on the machine were too worn down and created too many sparks. Massey disputes U.S. allegation on deadly coal mine blast 2011-01-28T21:47:18Z The next morning all the shearers, having received payment for their work, mounted their horses and departed, and the old Cerro once again resumed its usual aspect of quiet and dignified seclusion. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z "He bears the tonsorial results from a sheep shearer." Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea - live! 2010-03-21T15:31:00Z But that object has never yet been attained with shearers, either with the lot on this station or any other set of shearers I have ever seen. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z A smart professional shearer will clip one hundred sheep in a day of ten hours. Under the Southern Cross or Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Samoa, and Other Pacific Islands They included: Booksellers,Printsellers,Painters of vignettes,Painters,Scriveners and copiers of books,Schoolmasters and schoolmistresses,Illuminators, Printers,Bookbinders,Curriers,Cloth shearers,Parchment and vellum makers,Boss carvers,Letter engravers,Figure engravers. The Story of Books He helped to get the sheep through the yards, and also to hurry a flock from one of the puestos, which otherwise would have come too slowly, and so kept the shearers waiting for sheep. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The shearer reaches out his right hand and grasps one of the three or four sheep that have been pushed into a little compartment from the main pens. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway Then we had dinner—that is, I had a good meal; but the drunken shearer could not touch food, and presented a terrible picture of sickness and misery. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z An expert shearer can clip about the same number of range goats that he can range sheep—from ninety to one hundred and twenty a day. Practical Angora Goat Raising The staple manufactory of Norwich, furnishes about fifty distinct occupations from the shearer of the sheep to the mariner who ships the goods. A Concise History and Directory of the City of Norwich for 1811 Meanwhile, Don Frederico was doing all he could in the Swiss Colony, although as a rule the colonists were not great shearers, for at that particular time their own farms often needed attention. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The shearer takes one by its left hind leg, and by a skillful twist he throws it on its back and pulls it toward him. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway I met the shearer two years after, when he told me all about it. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z To-day one finds the hand shearer and the machine shearer at work in America. Practical Angora Goat Raising Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast. The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes On November 1st a small gang of nine shearers arrived. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z Some expert shearers can handle nearly two hundred. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway First of all, the shearers always insist on having their table spread with good things, puddings and cake every day. Missing Friends Being the Adventures of a Danish Emigrant in Queensland (1871-1880) 2011-06-15T02:00:22.810Z In Asia Minor one finds the goat shearer using a pair of long bladed scissors to cut the mohair. Practical Angora Goat Raising The shearer profits by the rarity of his skill in getting the wages of three men, with the support of but one, and in more constant employment. Rural Health and Welfare There was only a small gang of six professional shearers employed. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z The men work very rapidly and a good shearer can easily handle one hundred sheep a day. Across the Continent by the Lincoln Highway The little fairies of olden times, of which good old Gildas, the shearer of the sheep, often talks? The Poniard's Hilt Or Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres At this he dropped his weapons; owned he might as hopefully wrestle with the winds of heaven; and like an experienced sheep, submitted his fleece thenceforward to the shearers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) I have advised you to resist; at the same time, if you intend to be dumb before your shearers, I must say that I ought to set about arranging your arrest. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Two of my puppets lay there a summer’s day, hearkening to the shearers at work in riverside fields and to the drums of the grey old garrison upon the neighbouring hill. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 “But I am neither a herder nor a shearer,” he protested, “although I may––” “May be worse,” she finished, though perhaps not in the way he intended. Claim Number One One day, however, Mr.- 169 - Hardy had ridden over to Canterbury to arrange with his friends about hiring shearers from Rosario for the united flocks. Out on the Pampas Or, The Young Settlers The lover didn't make the least fight when papa appeared, but submitted himself like a sheep to the shearers. Is He Popenjoy? He’ll cut out to see her in a little while, more than likely, but he’ll come drifting back with the shearers in the spring like he always does. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek “Good father,” said Clutch, taking courage, “I am the closest shearer in all the plain country; you would not find enough wool to make a thread on a sheep when I have done with it.” Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales It was immediately identified by a shearer, named Brown, as the body of a young English gentleman, named Villiers Wyckliffe, who was touring the back blocks and was bound for Chinchilla station. Australia Revenged For He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth! Duncan Polite The Watchman of Glenoro He ordered additional shearers to assist those already at work. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters How patient!—“As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth.” The Mind of Jesus Here the sheep were washed and penned, and anon turned into the enclosures where the shearers were. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure I'm a shearer, and I'm going to work, for I've a wife and family to keep. Australia Revenged They are then assorted into pens, from which the shearers take them on to the board;—two, three or four shearers selecting their sheep from each pen. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The first are shearers' accounts returned by the shepherd of a flock; the second are concerned with the amounts of wool given out to weavers. Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters The shearers are a roving crowd, who move from north to south of Australia’s vast territory and back again. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon The shearers round the stations will be done their work shortly, and they'll be in with their cheques. Fern Vale (Volume 1) or the Queensland Squatter This state of affairs arose out of the shearers' strike, which existed in the Mitchell, Gregory and Flinders districts. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 I have heard a shearer at the Pastoralist Union office in Sydney when he sought to ascertain the scale of remuneration, enquire of the gilt-edged clerk behind the barrier, `What's the hoot, mate?' Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia And in all this the Son of God was as a lamb, which is dumb before the shearers. The Work Of Christ Past, Present and Future However, their failure was not brought about by the demands of the shearers. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Than how to scramble at the shearer’s feast, The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance Before leaving the Dominion there were rumours of an intended strike of shearers in Queensland. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 The shearers must make their clip clean and thorough. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia "And now some learner tries to shear, But comes right little speed, I fear; 'The corn lies ill,' and aye we hear 'The sickle's bad:' The byeword says, 'Ill shearer ne'er A gude hook had.'" The Proverbs of Scotland The squatters fought their battle hard against the shearers in 1891. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon Behind him at breakneck pace came six of the shearers—tall, brawny men, the very sight of whom inspired courage. Fifty-Two Stories For Girls During the Parliamentary session of 1891, there were many stormy scenes and debates in connection with the shearers' strike, which took place throughout the pastoral districts of Queensland and New South Wales. Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 Whence came the term `ringer,' as applied to the quickest shearer, I don't know. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia I know, and I don't give a shearer's curse for it, so don't you fancy I care. Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush The shearers, the clippers of the fleeces, struck work. The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon This being done; the Queen of the Melliah stepped back, feeling Philip's eyes following her, while the oldest woman shearer came forward. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 In certain of our highly developed varieties the annual coat is so far increased that the creature loses a large part of its bulk after the shearer has done his work. Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization The `rouseabouts' are another class of men engaged in shearing time, whose work is to draft the sheep, fill the pens for the shearers, and do the branding. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia They were, also, cheered to see, coming over the plains, little groups of cookies, shearers and others, bent on their own errand. The Kangaroo Marines A shearer of sheep will be held more honourable than a shearer of men; and he who shirks the world's right labour will rank with the unranked lowest. A Tramp's Notebook Then the leaders stopped, and all the shearers of the field came up and cast down their sickles into the soil in a close circle, making a sheaf of crescent moons. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 In the spring bands of traveling shearers came from ranch to ranch and sheared the flocks for so much a day. The Story of Wool I shall be in his hands, even as is the sheep in the hands of his shearer—for I have learned nothing from those who have gone before—and been lost too! The Gentle Art of Making Enemies Even his dignified silence before the tribunal of his enemies and the furious mob, when 'as a lamb dumb before his shearers he opened not his mouth,' is more eloquent than any apology. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I propose to show you that in this great land of ours there are two great classes, the "shearers and the shorn," to adopt Talleyrand's phrase. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg Of course, this gathering brought together all the sheep drivers and herders, the sheep washers and shearers. Customs and Fashions in Old New England No, I think good shearers can clip the fleeces almost as fast. The Story of Wool These shearers begin work in southern and middle California, Utah, etc. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Our host told us 40that the shearers travel about the country, and take contracts for shearing the flocks at so much a head. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent And I want you to side with the shorn instead of with the shearers, because, if I am not sadly mistaken, my friend, you are one of the shorn. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg Now the passage of scripture that he was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, And as a lamb is dumb before the shearer, So he opened not his mouth." The Children's Bible He did not shear so many sheep as the contract shearers, but he sheared well, leaving none of the bottom wool, and his employer was perfectly satisfied. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading In this way the shearers keep busy nearly all the year, and at high wages. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades In addition to their wages, they were supplied with food, and he added that the shearers were a fastidious lot, and nothing but the best table would suit them. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Mankind are divided into two great classes—the shearers and the shorn. The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg The crop was all cut by the sickle, and wonderful were the prodigies performed by some of the shearers. Cattle and Cattle-breeders And I hear the grinding of the iron blades together, and the bleating of the flocks, held between the knees of the shearers, while the clipping goes on, and the rustic laughter of the workmen. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony Then they are driven down chutes to the shearers. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades Whenever a shearer cuts the skin of a sheep he calls out ‘Tar!’ not stopping a moment in his work. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Troops were sent to watch the shearers' camps and to prevent active hostilities. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile George replied that "he could put his four shearers on one 'rig'"—they were fully an average of the shearers in the country—"and he and the lassie would take the other." Cattle and Cattle-breeders "As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth." The Calvary Road With a dexterous fling the animal is put in a sitting posture between the shearer’s knees, and then the steel clippers begin clipping off the wool. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades “Certainly, you have it now beyond question,” remarked Harry; “and I am sure that every shearer is very careful about letting his sheep out through his own door.” The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The shearers, at loggerheads with the squatters, proposed to arrange their differences by arson. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile However, He answered never a word—"when He was reviled, He reviled not again," "as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion As for the passive side, need I remind you how, 'as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth'? Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. With a crew of first-class shearers working in a shearing shed, it is not long until the floor is a sea of wool. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The shearer places the sheep between his knees with its head upwards; he begins at the throat and shears downward, so that, when his work is completed, the fleece drops off in a single piece. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent The more recent strike of the Queensland shearers has afforded opportunity for a display of an equal faculty of logic and reasonableness. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile That because I was dumb, I lay like a lamb before the stroke of the shearer? Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author I have been the best shearer in that shed, snip—snip—quick, clean. The Spinner's Book of Fiction As fast as the sheep are turned out by the shearers they are run along a narrow chute and each one is branded. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades A good shearer can do fourscore in a day, and consequently he earns twenty shillings or one sovereign. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Why were not the shearers allowed to settle the dispute their own way? Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. True Words for Brave Men When the shearers had cropped off all their wool, the sheep looked very clean, and white, and pretty. Tell Me Another Story The Book of Story Programs Mute, inglorious Christs, they were led like sheep to the slaughter and as lambs dumb before their shearers. The Age of the Reformation Sometimes a gang of shearers brings along its own cook. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent And clad in robes of purest white, the priest Leads forth the youngling of a bristly swine, And two-year sheep, by shearer's hands unfleec'd. The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor His glance, dropped here and there, saved more than one sheep from the shearer. Old Kaskaskia In succession he became sheep shearer, railway labourer, boundary rider, stock runner, scrub-cleaner, coastal sailor, dishwasher in a bush hotel, itinerant umbrella-mender and sheep drover. The War After the War And He, like a lamb before the shearers, wuz dumb, bearing patiently the sins and sorrows of a world. Samantha at the World's Fair They pay the cook’s wages themselves, but the employer supplies the material out of which the shearers’ meals are made. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent A good shearer will clip one hundred sheep in a day, the average for a gang of men being 75. Five Years in New Zealand 1859 to 1864 Every shearer keeps three men at high speed attending to him. "Over There" with the Australians The shearers didn't stay to take part in the consultation with the constable—Professor Thunder had not expected them to. The Missing Link Get rid of the barren ones, producers of poor lambs, poor milkers, light shearers. Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry “I suppose,” said Ned, “that the shearers occasionally cut the sheep while shearing them.” The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent I know a fellow, a shearer, who was witness for a man in a law case once, and the lawyer asked him if he wasn't mates with the chap he was giving evidence for. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel When the shearers want a spell I have known them declare by a majority vote that the sheep were "wet," though there had not been any rain for months! "Over There" with the Australians An hour later three shearers, Bill, Fred, and Ben, riding at a gallop along the high road to Loo, came upon a man with a bundle walking cheerfully in the same direction. The Missing Link Sheep shearing is nearly completed, after paying a most exorbitant price to the shearers.* The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned Oh, we have to board them, of course, and we have to board their horses, as most of the shearers travel on horseback. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent "You have been an officer of the shearers' union, you say?" enquired Strong, coldly. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel There is a law that says that shearers must not be asked to shear "wet" sheep, as it is supposed to give them a peculiar disease. "Over There" with the Australians At the sight of the shearers before his cage, the Missing Link simulated a paroxysm of ungovernable rage. The Missing Link It was not the scourge, the thorns, the nails, nor the last pangs of dissolution; through all these he was as a lamb led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers, dumb. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham. Oh, that is for the shearer to let out his sheep after he has removed the fleece. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent "He's a shearer; I had it from Mrs. Phillips herself," said another. The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel The shearers have a separate union from the rouseabouts, and there is a good deal of ill feeling between the two classes. "Over There" with the Australians It was Saturday noon, and the township of Loo was rapidly filling with convivial shearers. The Missing Link Now," and the old man shook his head slowly, "good shearers are few and far between. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance We engage the shearers as they come along, in parties or gangs. The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent He, too, was 'like a sheep before the shearers,' dumb. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII All the shearing is done by machine, and in Western Queensland good shearers are in constant employment for ten months of the year. "Over There" with the Australians One party of four young shearers from Devil's Bend exhibited great interest in Mahdi. The Missing Link He was led as a sheep to the slaughter and as a lamb before his shearer, dumb, so he opened not his mouth. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism “Do you board the shearers, or do they find themselves?” The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent She had rebuked him publicly before the hired shearers—it was enough to make any man turn. Joanna Godden Still there were some great chefs on the Peninsula, men who had got their training as cooks in shearers' camps, where anything badly cooked would be thrown at their heads. "Over There" with the Australians The shearers whipped up, and rode on at a gallop, and the man grinned after them with exquisite joy. The Missing Link Men come from up-country with a big cheque to knock out—shearers and men like that, who live in the backblocks for months, hundreds of miles from hotels. Captivity Oh how we have been dumb before our shearers! Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement In the shelter of some hurdles he and one or two travelling shearers were busy with the ewes' fleeces. Joanna Godden Here's a good story of Pat, my old batman, who had been a shearer's cook in Australia, and looked after me like a father. "Over There" with the Australians The shearers marvelled together, and watched Mahdi's movements with deep attention, and Nickie, acting up to instructions, glowered in the shade. The Missing Link She, too, was despised and rejected; as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so she opened not her mouth. Out To Win The Story of America in France The shearers have cut it, and we have carded it. The Child's World Third Reader To-day was only Tuesday, and any day up till Saturday would do for putting in notice of banns ... she must think things over before committing herself ... it wasn't only the shearers—there was the hay.... Joanna Godden He was brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb.' The Cathedral "He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep is dumb before his shearers, so he opened not his mouth." Sermons on Various Important Subjects Then the wool is thoroughly dried, the sheep are taken to the shearer; and he cuts off the wool with a large pair of shears. McGuffey's Second Eclectic Reader Every time she put it on, she thought of her friends who had helped her,—the sheep, the shearers, the carders, the spinners, the dyers, the weavers, and her own dear mother. The Child's World Third Reader Of course the shearers spread the story of Joanna's outburst when they went on to Slinches and Birdskitchen and other farms, but no one was surprised that the shepherd stayed on. Joanna Godden Round the ranch, however, shearers preferred very generally the low wooden tables. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 A plentiful dinner was given by the farmer to the shearers and their friends, and a table was often set in the open village for the young people and children. Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs Another would have fetched iron bars and clamped them across the street, remembering the earthquake there was in the street of the shearers. Tales of Wonder In fact, she spent most of her time riding with her husband, who was fully occupied just then in overlooking the shearers' work. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories "But I shan't have got in my hay, and the shearers are coming on the fourteenth—you have to book weeks ahead, and that was the only date Harmer had free." Joanna Godden At evening each shearer turns in his checks, and receives in return a signed paper with his name and their number. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 The trembling and unresisting animal appeared to be as perfectly submissive as a sheep in the hands of the shearer. Wild Western Scenes A Narrative of Adventures in the Western Wilderness, Wherein the Exploits of Daniel Boone, the Great American Pioneer are Particularly Described Of thee we think, in a ring we link; To the shearer of ocean's fleece we drink, And the Meteor rolling home. John Marr and Other Poems Deliberately challenged in this way, the formidable James was no more than a sheep to the shearer. Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) A peculiar feature in the Act relates to the board and lodging provided on sheep stations for the nomadic bands of shearers who traverse colonies, going from wool-shed to wool-shed during the shearing season. The Long White Cloud In Mr. Hardy's picturesque novel, "Far from the Madding Crowd," the shearers shear in a cathedral-like barn, on a shining black-oak floor,—probably for purposes of contrast. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 The first thread that shearer spun was for a wick to be used in a candle, the only means of light. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives Finally, if the whole were fiction, and he never uttered such words, then it was his duty to deny them, and not remain dumb like a sheep before its shearers. Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed As a sheep before her shearers she was dumb, opening not her mouth. Half a Century The right to vote by letter was extended from seamen to shearers. The Long White Cloud The shearers heard of the affair, and paused in the arrangement of a horse-race. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 On the last evening there was always a dance for the shearers and their helpers, and two pipers used to sit on chairs placed on a corn-bin to make music for the dance. New Irish Comedies I'll give the next shearer who passes a shilling to cut that hair off. My Brilliant Career Outside his own domain, and unprotected, he was a very sheep for the shearers. David Copperfield Most of them divide their time between tilling their land and working for wages as shearers, harvesters, or occasionally mechanics. The Long White Cloud The presence of the shearers at the ranch causes a flutter in surrounding Mexican society. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Two of my puppets lay there a summer’s day, hearkening to the shearers at work in riverside fields and to the drums of the gray old garrison upon the neighbouring hill. Memories and Portraits To me the Prince of Wales will be no more than a shearer, unless when I meet him he displays some personality apart from his princeship—otherwise he can go hang. My Brilliant Career I have advised you to resist; at the same time, if you intend to be dumb before your shearers, I must say that I ought to set about arranging your arrest. Prince Otto, a Romance Plant costs nothing, improvements nothing—no woolshed is needed, there are no shearers to pay, and no carriage to market, for the bullock walks himself down to his doom. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories On Sunday the shearers would not work: the day was sacred—to pleasure. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 The shearers found some kerosene and settled down again, But all the squatter chaps and I, we staggered to the train. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses "Because she told me all that passed." said Oak, with a pharisaical sense that he was not as other shearers in this matter. Far from the Madding Crowd But vain was the virtue of Skofnung When he vanquished the sharpness of Whitting; And a shard have I shorn, to my sorrow, From the shearer of ringleted mail. The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald But the shearers of the shearers always seem to travel aft; In the cushioned cabins, aft, With saloons 'n' smoke-rooms, aft — There is sheets 'n' best of tucker for the first-salooners, aft. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses And now while round the shearing floor the list'ning shearers gape, He tells the story o'er and o'er, and brags of his escape. The Man from Snowy River Our flashest shearer then had gone To train a racehorse for a race, And while his sporting fit was on He couldn't be relied upon, So 'Gundagai' shore in his place. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses "Because she told me all that passed," said Oak, with a pharisaical sense that he was not as other shearers in this matter. Far from the Madding Crowd Four men are employed regularly the year round to keep the ranch in order, and to look after the sheep, and during the shearing time fifty or more shearers are employed. Scientific American Supplement, No. 417, December 29, 1883 Ah! we read about the drovers and the shearers and the like Till we wonder why such happy and romantic fellows strike. In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses They had rung the sheds of the east and west, Had beaten the cracks of the Walgett side, And the Cooma shearers had giv'n them best — When they saw them shear, they were satisfied. The Man from Snowy River He organised a shearers' race, And 'touched' me to provide the prize. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses Jesus was the 'lamb dumb before its shearers.' Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Standing there, passive and dumb, 'as a sheep before her shearers,' Himself is the least conspicuous figure in the history of His own trial. Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chaps. XV to XXI As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn't open his mouth. The World English Bible (WEB): Acts But the shearers knew that they'd make a cheque When they came to deal with the station ewes; They were bare of belly and bare of neck With a fleece as light as a kangaroo's. The Man from Snowy River The shearers raised a little purse To help a mate, as shearers will, 'To pay the doctor and the nurse, And if there should be something worse — To pay the undertaker's bill.' Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened He not His mouth: 33. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is mute, so he didn't open his mouth. The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah Our Lord's silence is not only that of meekness, 'as a sheep before her shearers is dumb.' Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Mark Then the shearers all sat silent till a man in the corner rose; Said he, 'I've travelled a-plenty but never heard names like those. The Man from Snowy River You should have heard the whipcord crack As angry shearers galloped by, In vain they tried to fetch him back. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses When he had definitely cast in his lot with "the shearers" why persist in making his hypocrisy more abominable by protesting more loudly than ever in behalf of "the sheep?" The Great God Success The Bible calls Him the Lion of Judah; but it also calls Him the Lamb dumb before the shearers. Twenty-Five Village Sermons It was the boast of a good shearer that he could clip a sheep in seven minutes and not once bring blood. History of California But you found the bush was dismal and a land of no delight, Did you chance to hear a chorus in the shearers' huts at night? The Man from Snowy River It's grand to be a shearer, Along the Darling side, And pluck the wool from stinking sheep That some days since have died. Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses He was sore pressed, yet he resigned himself, And open not his mouth, As a lamb is led to the slaughter, And as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb. Stories of the Prophets (Before the Exile) But now her language is the language of a rough shearer in a "rough shed" on a blazing hot day. The Rising of the Court The herds were driven up and into a corral where several shearers could work at a time. History of California Immediately on seeing this the two famous shearers took to their heels and the young labourer followed their example. A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs The impression of the whole is 'as a sheep before his shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.' Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII "You will have to turn that dog out," they said to the shearer, as he sat on the edge of a bed. While the Billy Boils "You're always bothering about other people, Giraffe," said Tom Hall, the shearers' union secretary, who was only a couple of inches shorter than the Giraffe. Children of the Bush An ill shearer gat never a good hook. Collection of Scotch Proverbs A station-hand, a roust-about, shearer, assistant to a travelling hawker, a gold-miner, and at last a trooper in one of the finest bodies of men in the world, the Queensland Mounted Police. My Strangest Case Still more was it the silence of perfect, unresisting submission,—'as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He openeth not His mouth.' Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII It is not rain-proof, but shearers do not work in rainy weather; shearing even slightly damp sheep is considered the surest and quickest way to get the worst kind of rheumatism. While the Billy Boils They love 'em even as union shearers on strike love blacklegs brought up-country to take their places. Children of the Bush “I rung Cudjingie shed and blued it in a week,” i.e., he was the ringer or fastest shearer of the shed, and he dissipated the earnings in a single week’s drunkenness. The Old Bush Songs He who spoke the awful words of the text is he who was brought as a lamb to the slaughter; and as a sheep before the shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. The Gospel of the Pentateuch A third man to wait upon the shearer was kept busy at his right carefully gathering the wool and stuffing it in huge sacks. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 It is hot, and two shearers' cats—a black and a white one—sit in one of the upper bunks with their little red tongues out, panting like dogs. While the Billy Boils "Well, I don't think there's so much to his credit, after all," said Jack Mitchell, shearer. Children of the Bush The strain of shearing is very severe on the wrists, and the ringer or fastest shearer is very apt to go in the wrists, especially at the beginning of a season. The Old Bush Songs One day, however, Mr. Hardy had ridden over to Canterbury to arrange with his friends about hiring shearers from Rosario for the united flocks. On the Pampas They told me that he was the very fastest and most expert shearer in the whole territory. Army Letters from an Officer's Wife, 1871-1888 He used to follow the shearers up to the shed after breakfast every morning, but he couldn't have done this for love—there was none lost between him and the men. While the Billy Boils It had been a wet night, and the shanty was full of shearers from Big Billabong Shed which had cut out the day before. Children of the Bush Hence the desire of the shearers for a fall of rain after a long stretch of hot weather. The Old Bush Songs "Anything like the gentleman that wanted the shearers killed?" Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Cold tea is supplied all day long to the shearers, and they appear to consume great quantities of it. Station Life in New Zealand When the shearer touched skin, he yelled "Tar!" and when he finished he shouted "Wool away!" at the top of his voice, and his mates echoed him with a will. While the Billy Boils He was well known in Bourke and to many shearers who came through the great dry scrubs from hundreds of miles round. Children of the Bush Men don't like it; they like women to listen to them, but to-night they—" "Like sheep before their shearer, were dumb—as I'll be dead if you don't sit sown. Miss Gibbie Gault He's the only shearer we have, so we tell him he's the ringer of the shed. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life A good shearer can take off 120 fleeces in a day, but the average is about 80 to each man. Station Life in New Zealand He was a squatter of the old order—new chum, swagman, drover, shearer, super, pioneer, cocky, squatter, and finally bank victim. While the Billy Boils Mitchell, the shearer, said afterwards that the whole business made him feel for the moment like he felt sometimes in the days when he used to feel things. Children of the Bush On Sunday morning, McPherson sent a note to Mr. Burke, requesting him to come down, as all the shearers were drunk on some of the camels' rum, which they had obtained from the waggons. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia Sometimes they clipped off a sample of the sheep, but that is customary with shearers, and they don't mind it; they don't even mind it as much as the sheep. Following the Equator, Part 3 There were about twenty-five shearers at work, and everything seemed to be very systematically and well arranged. Station Life in New Zealand If a shearer or rouseabout was good at argument, and a bit of a politician, he hadn't to slave much at Thompson's shed, for Baldy would argue with him all day and pay for it. While the Billy Boils About the first thing the cook asks you when you come along to a shearers' hut is, "Where's your mate?" Children of the Bush A shearer had run the point of his shears into the neck of a sheep, and opened the carotid artery. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia It is a stuff like tar, and is dabbed on to places where the shearer clips a piece out of the sheep. Following the Equator, Part 2 I was reminded how touchingly true is that phrase, "Like as a sheep before her shearers is dumb." Station Life in New Zealand One New Year the shearers—shearing stragglers—roused him in the dead of night and told him that the shed was on fire. While the Billy Boils I heard the Giraffe and his hat being condemned in other rooms and cursed along the veranda where more shearers were sleeping; and after a while I turned out. Children of the Bush First arrives the cook-in-chief to the shearers, with two assistants to lay in a few provisions for the week's consumption of 70 able-bodied men. Shearing in the Riverina The sorter or classer stood behind his long table, above and at right angles to the lines of sheep-pens and shearers. Sisters There were some gangs of shearers or stockmen or what not, who appeared to be the following of two or three rakish, aggressive looking males upon whom the bushmen scowled. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The chaps in the bar of Stiffner's shanty were talking about Macquarie, an absent shearer—who seemed, from their conversation, to be better known than liked by them. While the Billy Boils When the shearers come every one is free to go inter the kitchin an' forage for hisself when he feels hungry—so long as he pays for his drink. Children of the Bush He is paid and provided by the shearers. Shearing in the Riverina You found the Bush was dismal, and a land of no delight— Did you chance to hear a chorus in the shearers' nut at night? Mates at Billabong And the Unionist labour men were making themselves a nuisance—going round the stations burning the grass of squatters who employed non-Union stockmen and shearers—in one instance, threatening to burn a woolshed. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life They were shearers—a little man and a big man, known respectively as "Sunlight" and "Macquarie," and a tall, thin, young jackeroo whom they called "Milky." While the Billy Boils They have a rough life, and the Australian shearers are certainly the most democratic and perhaps the most independent, intelligent and generous body of workmen in the world. Children of the Bush Payment is generally arranged on the scale of half-a-crown a head weekly from each shearer. Shearing in the Riverina Even as sheep before their shearers are dumb, so they were not permitted to open their mouths. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists HE is to be allowed freedom of contract I presume, though the shearers are not.' Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life There were about fifty male passengers, including half a dozen New Zealand shearers, two of whom came on board drunk—their remarks for the first night mainly consisted of "gory." While the Billy Boils They struck West-o'-Sunday Station, and the boss happened to want a rouseabout to pick up wool and sweep the floor for the shearers. Children of the Bush There won't be much left in a week if the weather holds good," makes answer the chef, as one who thought nothing too stupendous to be accomplished by shearers, "but I knew I'd forgot something. Shearing in the Riverina He was buried in the station cemetery, between Val English, late station storekeeper, who had poisoned himself, and Jack Drummond, shearer, who had died—presumably of heart failure—after breaking the record of the district. Such Is Life Well then, the shearers go to the squatters. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life The first evening passed off quietly, except for the vinously-excited shearers. While the Billy Boils And every teamster's bullock or horse, and every shearer's hack, could burst itself free, but I'd make travelling stock pay—for it belongs to the squatters and capitalists. Children of the Bush It's a hard life, surely, a shearers' cook. Shearing in the Riverina No hurry, of course, so I got playing cards with some of the shearers, and Martin got yarning with the old wool-classer; and we timed ourselves to be at the ram-paddock just before daylight. Such Is Life Her sympathy with oppressed shearers and dispossessed natives struck always a jarring note between them. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life On the way to the cemetery we passed three shearers sitting on the shady side of a fence. While the Billy Boils Some old sundowners have a mania for gathering, from selectors' and shearers' huts, and dust-heaps, heart-breaking loads of rubbish which can never be of any possible use to them or anyone else. Children of the Bush Half-an-hour after sunrise Mr Gordon walks quietly into the vast building which contains the sheep and their shearers—called "the shed," par excellence. Shearing in the Riverina There are bonâ fide German names which no man of refinement cares about repeating, except in a shearers' hut or a gentlemen's smoking-room. Such Is Life We've got to pay what the Trades' Union organisers tell us—or else go without stockmen or shearers. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life Half an hour later the shearer was comfortably fixed up. While the Billy Boils We are professional shearers; and the Australian shearers are about the most independent and intelligent class of men in the world. Children of the Bush This enclosure is subdivided into minor pens, of which each fronts the place of two shearers, who catch from it until the pen is empty. Shearing in the Riverina The shearers pull the sheep out of the skilions as they want them. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement But there are a few sheep stations down the river, and there isn't an unlimited supply of either cattle-hands or shearers, so we've got to look sharp about hiring them. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life They are all shearers, or at least they say they are. While the Billy Boils "This is a bit too red-hot, Giraffe," said one of the shearers. Children of the Bush On every subdivision stands a shearer, as Mr Gordon walks, with an air of calm authority, down the long aisle. Shearing in the Riverina If wool is packed damp it will heat and spoil; therefore a sufficient number of sheep must be left under cover through the night to last the shearers till the dew is off. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement Now, last year, we—of course I'm classing myself with the sheep-owners, for we all stand together—hired our shearers for seventeen shillings and sixpence a day. Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life He was a big, simple-minded shearer, with more heart than brains, more experience than sense, and more curiosity than either. While the Billy Boils "Oh, Lord!" said Mitchell, the shearer, and he threw a penny into the ring. Children of the Bush The unpastoral reader may be informed that speed and completeness of denudation are the grand desiderata in shearing; the employer thinks principally of the latter, the shearer principally of the former. Shearing in the Riverina The shearers will want to begin with daylight, and the dew will not yet be off the wool if the sheep are exposed. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement He thinks them the best shearers in the country. Ramona The shearers had turned in "all standing;" two of them were lying feet to feet in a couple of outside lower berths. While the Billy Boils There's the shearer, feeling mighty bad after a spree, and in danger of seeing things when he tries to go to sleep. Children of the Bush For now, and henceforth, the natural bias of each shearer will appear. Shearing in the Riverina The shearers shear in the centre, which is large enough to leave room for the wool to be stowed away at one end. A First Year in Canterbury Settlement A few rods away stood the booths in which the shearers' food was to be cooked and the shearers fed. Ramona Then the shearer's volcano showed signs of activity. While the Billy Boils The Lost Souls' Hotel would be a refuge for men who'd been jail-birds once as well as men who were gentlemen once, and for physical wrecks and ruined drunkards as well as healthy honest shearers. Children of the Bush Till that time not a shearer will come to your gate, except, perhaps, one or two useless, characterless men. Shearing in the Riverina At last shearing came; and with the shearers there was an old native, whom they had nicknamed Chowbok—though, I believe, his real name was Kahabuka. Erewhon The Senora did not realize how time was going; there would be no shearers to be hired presently, since the Senora was determined to have none but Indians. Ramona If I make not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove sheep, let me be unroll'd, and my name put in the book of virtue! The Winter's Tale I'd do all I could to attract shearers to the place after shearing, and keep them from rushing to the next shanty with their cheques, or down to Sydney, to be cleaned out by barmaids. Children of the Bush Some of the shearers grumble at being stopped "just as a man was earning a few shillings." Shearing in the Riverina If I make not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove sheep, let me be unrolled, and my name put in the book of virtue! The Winter's Tale It wasn't so easy to step out and in again of the captaincy of the shearers! Ramona Ringer: When speaking of shearing sheep, the fastest shearer in the group. Saltbush Bill, J. P. There were shearers in the bar, and presently there was some barracking. Children of the Bush The shearers dress and avail themselves of various resources. Shearing in the Riverina Some shearers would roughly call her "a squatter's girl". Over the Sliprails She knew we would be ashamed to have the shearers go away hungry. Ramona The shearer on the board at the shed is a demon. On the Track They said that when he saw the shearers coming he'd say, "Run and titivate yourself, Mary; here comes the shearers!" Children of the Bush This appalling view of station promotion rather startles Mr Jack, who applies himself to his meerschaum, amid the ironical comments of the shearers. Shearing in the Riverina They cleared a space on deck, had a jig, and afterwards a fight between the shearers' cook and his assistant. Over the Sliprails The Senor will pay wages to some other to go in your place with the shearers. Ramona But the shearers are racing each other for tallies. On the Track Some more shearers had arrived, and Jack was playing cards with two of them on top of a cask in the bar. Children of the Bush Matters were not too placid with the shearers. Shearing in the Riverina Every now and again a spark would burn through the "Wagga rug" of a sleeping shearer, and he'd wake suddenly and get up and curse. Over the Sliprails The shearers have been sent for, and will be here tonight, and that was the reason I felt so sure you would come. Ramona Occasionally a shearer pauses and throws the perspiration from his forehead in a rain. On the Track Harmony, leading the way in, was a sheep before her shearer. The Street of Seven Stars A few days showery weather having, therefore, wellnigh driven our shearers to desperation, out comes the sun in all his glory. Shearing in the Riverina We were shearers, bagmen, agents, a squatter, a cockatoo, the usual joker—and one or two professional spielers, perhaps. Over the Sliprails He recalled her tender distress because the shearers had had no dinner; the evident terribleness to her of a person going one whole day without food. Ramona We hate the Boss-of-the-Board as the shearers' 'slushy' hates the shearers' cook. On the Track When shearing was over we were all paid up—shearers, washers, knock-about men, cooks, and extra shepherds. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Occasionally you see a shearer, after finishing his sheep, walk quickly out and not appear for a couple of hours, or perhaps not again during the day. Shearing in the Riverina The shearers came aboard next morning, with their swags and two cartloads of boiled mutton, bread, "brownie", and tea and sugar. Over the Sliprails He had once gone with his shearers to San Fernando, and there he had seen in a room of the old Mission buildings a dozen statues of saints huddled in dusty confusion. Ramona In response to complaints, direct and not chosen generally for Sunday, the shearers' rep. requests both apostles to shut up or leave. On the Track As for us we rode back to the shearers' hut, not quite so fast as we came, with Jim in the middle. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields "Let your sheep go, my man," said Gordon, in a tone which somehow arrested the attention of nearly all the shearers, "but don't trouble yourself to catch another!" Shearing in the Riverina When we began to move the shearers gave a howl like the yell of a legion of lost souls escaping from down below. Over the Sliprails If I make not this cheat bring out another, and the shearers prove sheep, let me be unroll'd, and my name put in the book of virtue! The Winter's Tale The father was a shearer, and Mary Ann was a favourite cat with him. On the Track We did go, and went from one big station to the other when the spring was regularly on and shearers were scarce. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Ill-conditioned rascal as the shearer is, he has a mate or travelling-companion in whose breast exists some rough idea of fidelity. Shearing in the Riverina He would be a protection against 'sundowners' or any shearers who happened to wander that way in the 'D.T.'s' after a spree. Joe Wilson and His Mates Halls were likewise fitted up for weavers of woollens;— for weavers of serges and shalloons;—for linen weavers;— for weavers of cotton goods, and for stocking weavers;— cloth shearers;—dryers;—sadlers;—wool-combers;—knitters;— sempstresses, etc. Essays; Political, Economical, and Philosophical — Volume 1 The shearers, as a corporation, have been charged with the multifarious items of their rather copious mess-bill. Shearing in the Riverina It pays well if the weather is pretty fair, and it isn't bad fun when there's twenty or thirty chaps of the right sort in the shearers' hut; there's always some fun going on. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields He knew that there had been dire grumbling among the shearers in consequence of the weather. Shearing in the Riverina The publican at Dead Camel, station managers, professional shearers, even one or two solvent squatters and promising cockatoos, tried their luck in vain. Joe Wilson and His Mates This sum total is divided by the number of the shearers, the extract being the amount for which each man is liable. Shearing in the Riverina These few instances will serve as a description of the whole process of settling with the shearers. Shearing in the Riverina The shearers mostly knew her by sight, because she had taken a fancy to come down with her father a couple of times to see the shed when we were all in full work. Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Billy May stood for the fashion and "talent," being the "Ringer," or fastest shearer of the whole assembly, and as such truly admirable and distinguished. Shearing in the Riverina The shearers being despatched, the sheep-washers, a smaller and less regarded force, file up. Shearing in the Riverina You're a fast shearer, but you shear closely, and don't knock your sheep about. Shearing in the Riverina He, also, was a first-class shearer, though not so artistic as the gifted Billy. Shearing in the Riverina If you rode a good horse they'd think you were too smart-looking for a regular shearer, and nail you at once.' Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields The shearers had signed a specific agreement for a stipulated rate of payment, irrespective of the weather. Shearing in the Riverina You're in my opinion a bad shearer and a bad man. Shearing in the Riverina Nothing more than fair bodily strength, willingness and obedience being required in their case, they are more easy to get and to replace than shearers. Shearing in the Riverina |
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