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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of a breed of white swine with drooping ears, originally bred in Chester County in southeast Pennsylvania.
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Examples
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The Chester White is an indolent fellow, and I suspect he loves his comfortable house, his cool stone porch, his back yard to dig in, his neighbors across the wire fence to gossip with, and his well-balanced, well-cooked food served under his own nose three times a day.
The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter
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Poland China, the Duroc Jersey, and the Chester White are leading lard types.
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Pratt Food Co.
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Percheron, registered polling horses and Chester White hogs.
The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Thomas Forsyth Hunt 1894
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They have raised pigs that have been overall grand and reserve champions at the Weld County Fair, and in fact, Abby and Austin had the grand champion and reserve champion, respectively, at the 2008 county fair, and last year, Austin had the champion Chester White at the National Western, his final year of exhibiting at junior shows.
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DENVER - Rebecca Peter accomplished her goat at her last National Western Stock Show Market Swine Show Thursday, which she took "Lip Gloss" to the championship of the Chester White division of the show.
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Growing up on a farm near Marshalltown, Iowa, Kopel raised and showed Chester White swine at his first Iowa state fair at age 10 in Des Moines.
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"Pubby - because he's so fat," took champion in the Chester White division of the market swine show at the National Western Stock Show.
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Swine - Champion Chester White, Austin Reinick, Kersey, bought by U.S. Bank, $4,000. e Prospect Calves
bilby commented on the word Chester White
What's with the insinuation about drooping ears?
December 21, 2023