sheepherder

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On “Perfect Strangers,” which I adored as a girl, Balki Bartokomous was a childlike sheepherder who arrived to Chicago from a strange land, the fictional island of Mypos, where telephones and indoor plumbing were scarce.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2021

Sen. Paul Laxalt — the son of a Basque immigrant sheepherder.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2021

His mother died of cancer several months after he was born, and his father sent the boy and a sister to live with their grandparents in Montrose, Colo., while he worked as a sheepherder.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2018

But long before moving to Jackson, the now-84-year-old from Ciga was a 19-year-old sheepherder based in Challis.

From Washington Times • May 7, 2016

No matter, though, the sheepherder grabbed a shovel and set to, vehemently attacking the earth under which his dog apparently was trapped.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols