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sheepshagger en · NOUN

Etymology

From sheep + shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s.

Meanings

1. (UK, slang) A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
   • Who are you calling a sheepshagger? 1992, Ian Pattison, More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts, section 62:
   • ...he'd yelled from his window, giving each sheep-shagger and country bumpkin the finger as he got on the mobile... 2003, Ian Rankin, The Falls:
   • She is now back and planning a Victory Parade not to mention her own visit to the newly reconquered territories to receive the homage of the grateful sheepshaggers, all fifty-nine of them. 1982, Private Eye, 2 July, 11/1:
   • I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers. 1958, Mark Bence-Jones, Paradise Escaped, iv. 73:
   • "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight." 1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover:
2. (UK, derogatory, slang) A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep. ▸ A person from Wales.
   • Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head] Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well. Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh. Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well. 2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special:
3. (UK, derogatory, slang) A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep. ▸ A person from New Zealand.
4. (UK, derogatory, slang) A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep. ▸ A supporter of Derby County F.C., a reference to the club nickname of The Rams.

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Relateds

woolly back · goatfucker