lambing
Britishnoun
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the birth of lambs
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lambing time
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the shepherd's work of tending the ewes and newborn lambs at this time
Example Sentences
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He first realised he had a problem on the second day of lambing at the beginning of January.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
The season began in spring 1940 with goat shenanigans and the demands of lambing, a typical time in the Yorkshire Dales for the denizens of Skeldale House.
From Salon • Feb. 19, 2024
It had been the center of the lambing operation long enough that the road leading up to it was designed for wagon traffic.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024
The episode after finds James and Helen helping her father during lambing season as cuteness abounds, when their romantic break is interrupted for a moment by soldiers jogging down the road, rifles in hand.
From Salon • Jan. 7, 2024
Feeding and watering and shearing and lambing and even castrating and butchering, I do all these things.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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