shedhand
(Australia, New Zealand) A worker in a sheep-shearing shed.
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(Australia, New Zealand) A worker in a sheep-shearing shed.
1950, Graziers' Association of New South Wales, The Graziers′ Annual, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=z6UnAQAAIAAJ&q=%22shedhand%22|%22shedhands%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22shedhand%22|%22shedhands%22+-intitle:%22%22+-…
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