Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of red swine developed during the 1800s in the United States.
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- noun A
pig of a reddishbreed developed inNorth America .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"duroc" meant in the description of the pork chop, our server said cheerfully, "Good question, let me investigate."
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The hands of the guy we were meeting with probably smelled like pulled duroc pork after we shook them.
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The hands of the guy we were meeting with probably smelled like pulled duroc pork after we shook them.
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The hands of the guy we were meeting with probably smelled like pulled duroc pork after we shook them.
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Around midday I had a remarkable Cuban pork sandwich, made of dense and vinegary stewed duroc pig, at the People's Pig, one of Portland's innumerable trucks.
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Around midday I had a remarkable Cuban pork sandwich, made of dense and vinegary stewed duroc pig, at the People's Pig, one of Portland's innumerable trucks.
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Her supervised agricultural experience program involved her raising and owning duroc, hampshire and cross-bred market and breeding swine.
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“duroc” meant in the description of the pork chop, our server said cheerfully, “Good question, let me investigate.”
bilby commented on the word duroc
Surely there can't be too many etymologies that trace back to individual horses.
December 12, 2018