The first known example of moral dilemma and self was one Elmer Tug, a ripe Anglo-Saxon sheep dipper who one day didn't know where his boots ended and the sheep-dip began. ❋ Vincent Eaton (2012)
And one sees this only after having been removed from the sheep-dip that is American corporate media submersion. ❋ Steven Weber (2011)
Mainly they seemed irreproachably mature, men who might easily have other jobs as engineers, or sales executives in a regional weed killer and sheep-dip firm. ❋ Unknown (2010)
They prefer the horse-race photo finish to the sheep-dip of details. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Experience tells me, though, that learners certainly opt out of various media when they're poorly chosen (inappropriate for the learning), poorly implemented (talking down, lecturing, fatuous), or poorly administered (mindless administrivia, useless recordkeeping, or mandatory sheep-dip). ❋ Clive Shepherd (2008)
The show will follow the adventures of Shaun and the rest of his flock as they join in with his madcap schemes, including synchronised swimming in the sheep-dip and dressing up as a scarecrow. ❋ Toby O'B (2004)
They have gotten rid of outside tutelage, while retaining the best of Italy (the food and the espresso, though even an ardent fan cannot praise the wine, which tastes like sheep-dip), the best of England (pedestrian traffic in Asmara is directed by modest but efficient Girl Scouts wearing white ankle socks), and most of the useful contacts with Ethiopia. ❋ Hitchens, Christopher (1994)
The rules were strict: no undue flushing, and plenty of sheep-dip disinfectant. ❋ McCullough, Colleen (1977)
MacLeod mustered some of the chaps at the pub and we threw the whole lot of those Dagos into the horse trough, women too, and tipped a few gallons of sheep-dip into it. ❋ McCullough, Colleen (1977)
If she put her fingers in her mouth the taste was indescribable, foul and dark like sheep-dip; in desperation she spat on her handkerchief and rubbed herself raw until she got rid of the worst of it. ❋ McCullough, Colleen (1977)
He and Fee both washed their hair, gasping as the lye seared their skins, then Frank got out a bucket and scrubbed the kitchen floor with sheep-dip. ❋ McCullough, Colleen (1977)
Thus, only a few years before, Col. Manuel Escudero had been killed by a shot fired through the window of a saloon, and still more recently Don Solomon Estrella had been found drowned in a vat of sheep-dip on his own ranch. ❋ Harvey Fergusson (N/A)
He could bring in a bill about sheep-dip if peers are allowed to bring in bills. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1940)
I believe he used sheep-dip on his hair and shall I ever forget him with the dogs! ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1940)
Pierre Loti would be kicked into a sheep-dip before he could use up his first box of face-rouge! ❋ Arthur Stringer (1912)
She must have taken me for a drunken cowboy who'd rolled into a sheep-dip, for my nose was red and my old Stetson sombrero was crooked on the back of my head and even my hair was caked with mud. ❋ Arthur Stringer (1912)
"Say, Glenn, do you reckon Miss Carley could stand a sheep-dip?" ❋ Zane Grey (1905)
SHEEP-DIPPED - Stripping a soldier of his military uniform and identification so he can pose as a civilian during a covert mission.
[Lee Harvey Oswald] was "sheep dipped" in order to carry on his involvement in [the CIA's] [clandestine] activities. ❋ Ancient Chinese Secret (2010)
That boy has more Sheep Dip in his [back pocket] than there is in a whole [grazing] [pasture]! ❋ Talk2me-JCH2 (2021)
Well, sheep dip kids [I can't] [get the] [truck] to start. ❋ Onehandcrabbing (2012)
I've filled [the bath] if anyone wants a quick sheep dip to [wash] off the [disco dirt], best get in early before it gets sticky! ❋ ..WiL (2007)
I haven't [marked] your English [assignments]. Oh, [Sheep Dip]! ❋ TGSHS (2017)
He took another huge mouthfull from his can of [sheepdip] and seconds later [redecorated] the room with a huge [technicolor yawn] ❋ Blue Cawdrey (2004)
