Farmer’s Slang & Its Analogues. 1890–1909, rev. 2022.
Rotten-sheep
subs. phr. (Fenian).—See quot.
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1889. Daily News, 3 July, 6. Sir Richard Webster suddenly asked him if ROTTEN SHEEP was a Fenian expression. It would mean traitor or a useless fellow, said Mr. Davitt, adding that he himself had used it in a letter.
