Meanings
plural sheep dogs
- alternativeAlternative form of sheepdog.
Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar; but, gave no intimation of ascending; so, his master dived down to him, leaving me vis-à-vis the ruffianly bitch, and a pair of grim, shaggy sheep dogs, who shared with her a jealous guardianship over all my movements.
1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter I, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 10
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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sheep dog. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheep%20dog
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