That abominable little Annie, the baby, got hold of me after one of my falls, and by the help of nurse's scissors, which had been dropped just by, she managed to shear all the hair off close to the stump, and disfigured me for life.
"Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves"
Frances Freeling Broderip
I eat my own lamb, My own chicken and ham, I shear my own sheep and wear it.
"Adventures In Contentment"
David Grayson AKA: Ray Stannard Baker
And you'd have to shear off the nerves growing out of the brain.
"A Matter of Proportion"
Anne Walker