A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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Quotation dates: 1600-1699
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(Schepe-man,) Sheep-man, n. (e.m.E. sheepman (1620), sheepsman (1591), a shepherd.) attrib. —16.. Maidment Balfour Ballads 13.
What change for valiant cavilers of old, To court with sheep-men rogues, and swinȝeours [= swine-herds] bold