Reverse Dictionary: SHEARING

NOUNS
1378 — SHEARLING a sheep that has been shorn once
1550 — SHEARING-DARG a day’s work performed by a shearer → Sc.
1868 — SLUMMING a shearing sheep in a hurried or careless way → Aust. obs.
1892 — COBBLER the last sheep to be shorn → Aust. shearers’ sl. (Bk.)
..20C — SNOB the last, most recalcitrant sheep to be sheared → Aust. & NZ. sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1865 — TIGER a sheep shearer → Aust. sl.
1871 — RINGER the fastest shearer in a shed → Aust. & NZ sl.
1886 — GRIPPER a person who catches sheep for the shearers → Aust. sl.
1887 — SNAGGER a slow, inexpert, or poor sheep-shearer → Aust. sl.
1895 — PEN-MATE a shearer who catches sheep out of the same pen as another shearer → Aust. & NZ sl.
1897 — DRUMMER the worst or slowest sheep-shearer in a team → Aust. & NZ sl.
1898 — BARBER a shearer → Aust. sl.
1898 — GUN an expert sheep-shearer → Aust. & NZ
1900 — BLUE-TONGUE shearers’ term for a shed-hand; an unskilled worker → sl., orig. Aust.
1900 — SHEEPO — SHEEP-OH a sheep-shearer; one who works in the catching sheds, filling the catching pens (Aust. & NZ sl.)
1910 — BUSTLER a notably hard worker in a shearing shed → Aust. sl.
1930 — GREASY  a shearer → Aust. sl.
1934 — JINGLING JOHNNY someone who shears sheep by hand → Aust. & NZ sl.
1957 — RYEBUCK SHEARER an expert shearer → Aust. sl.

VERBS
1000 — PULL to shear a sheep, etc.
1325 — POLL to cut the hair of a person or animal; to shave, to shear; to barber
1859 — TOMAHAWK to cut a sheep in shearing it → Aust.
1878 — ROUGH to shear a sheep badly → Aust. & NZ sl. obs.
1886 — GRIP to catch sheep for the shearer → Aust. sl.
1893 — MULLOCK OVER to shear a sheep roughly and carelessly → Aust. sl.
1905 — QUOKE to go shearing or harvesting at a distance from home → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1933 — SWING THE GATE to be the fastest shearer in the shed → Aust. sl.