Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fine kind of plait for bonnets and hats made in Tuscany from the straw of a peculiar variety of wheat, Triticum vulgare (turgi-dum), thickly sown, cut green, and bleached: so named because exported from Leghorn.
- noun A bonnet or hat made of this material.
- noun [capitalized] An important breed of the common domestic fowl, of the Spanish type, characterized by great activity and rather small size, high, serrated comb, drooping to one side in the hen, and white ear-lobes.
- Pertaining to or brought from the city of Leghorn; also, made of or relating to Leghorn straw: as, a Leghorn bonnet or hat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A straw plaiting used for bonnets and hats, made from the straw of a particular kind of wheat, grown for the purpose in Tuscany, Italy; -- so called from Leghorn, the place of exportation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun dated the town of
Livorno inItaly - noun A breed of mostly white
poultry .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown
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Examples
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Leghorn is most famous in the U.S. for its chicken, the most popular chicken in the world.
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Cartoon chicken Foghorn Leghorn is leading strong opposition among Republican legislators against President Barack Obama's nomination to replace retiring Supreme Court justice David Souter.
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If we do not make a stand we shall in a few weeks be asked to call Leghorn ‘Livorno,’ and the BBC will be pronouncing ‘Paris’ Paree.
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But the real author of its greatness was Ferdinand I, who called Leghorn "his mistress".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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To have a Leghorn was the thing; and Miss Hinsdale imported those of many qualities and prices, to suit customers.
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I was going then to view at close quarters the port of Leghorn, which is famous for its mole and lighthouse and quarantine, the first of their kind in their time.
Roman Holidays, and Others William Dean Howells 1878
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So we can go from here to Leghorn, which is the seaport for Florence, by the railroad, and there we can take a steamboat and go to Civita Vecchia, which is the seaport for Rome.
Rollo in Naples Jacob Abbott 1841
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Nay at Leghorn, which is within a day's sailing of Corsica, and has a constant intercourse with it, I found people who dissuaded me from going thither, because it might be dangerous.
Boswell's Correspondence with the Honourable Andrew Erskine, and His Journal of a Tour to Corsica James Boswell 1767
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Leghorn, meaning to act with the other from the Riviera.
The Life of Nelson, Volume 2 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877
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She wore always an enormous flat-brimmed "Leghorn" hat, trimmed with ostrich feathers.
Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men Eliezer Edwards 1853
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