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The art of shearing a sheep without giving it a bad haircut story to tell.
means The practice of shearing a sheep smoothly and cleanly, in one unbroken pass, so no nicks or ragged patches are left behind.
from Not a standard dictionary word — it's a playful blend of 'wool' and 'shearing' (itself from Old English 'sceran,' to cut), with a wink toward 'veneering' or 'engineering,' suggesting shearing as a polished, almost professional craft rather than a hack job with the clippers.
- speed record
- over 800 sheep shorn in one day
- tool evolution
- hand blades replaced by electric handpieces
- team sport
- shearing gangs move farm to farm seasonally