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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1949-1992
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CROG, v. To catch and pull (a sheep) by means of a shepherd's crook.w.Sc. 1949 Scots Mag. (Sept.) 464:
It is a slow business if the clipper has to draw, drag or crog his own sheep from the pen as soon as he has finished shearing his previous one.Arg. 1992:
Crog - to catch a sheep and draw it to the shearer, by catching the left ear and horn in one hand and the wool between the forelegs in the other.
Deriv.: crogger, A person who draws sheep to the shearer (Arg. 1990s).m.Sc. 1988 Archie Cameron Bare Feet, Tackety Boots (1997) 111:
We croggers, with typical juvenile suspicion and perception, realised from the uproar of laughter that there was more to all this than immediately met our ears, and, while not neglecting our duties, lingered in the clipping shed as long as possible. We picked up many tit-bits that way, which we digested and later compared with the gleanings of our fellow croggers.
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