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black ewe

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black ewe (plural black ewes)

  1. (figurative) A female black sheep.
    • 1964, Eric Forbes-Boyd, In Crusader Greece: A Tour of the Castles of the Morea, page 117:
      He shook his head mournfully, and frowned, as he contemplated this embarrassing gaffe of the black ewe of the family.
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