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shorthorns

noun as in cattle

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They are mostly of the shorthorn breed, large numbers of Irish shorthorns being wintered in the fens.

The cattle, save on the frontier of Herefordshire, are mostly shorthorns, of which many are fed for distant markets, and many reared and kept for dairy purposes.

I’m perfectly sick of science and superphosphates, shorthorns, and steam tackle.

Where the farm is famous for cattle, the chief occasion is the yearly sale of young shorthorns.

Here the sheep are inspected; and then they pass on to the shorthorns and Herefords; and then, very evident in more ways than one were the pigs of Berks and Hants, and other choice breeds. 

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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