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'''Sheep dipping''' is the creation of a [[legend]] in order to facilitate someone's use as a [[patsy]].
 
'''Sheep dipping''' is the creation of a [[legend]] in order to facilitate someone's use as a [[patsy]].
  
==Prominent example==
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* [[Jim Bath]] - [[Russ Baker]] entitles a sub-section of his ''[[Family of Secrets]]'' "A Bath or a Sheep-Dipping?"
  
 
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Sheep dipping is an espionage term for the process of giving someone an experience which will assist in their misrepresentation.

Sheep dipping is the creation of a legend in order to facilitate someone's use as a patsy.

Prominent examples


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