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  • noun Plural form of Friesian.

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Examples

  • On the menu cauliflower soup is first referred to as Crème du Barry – Comtesse du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, was obsessed by cauliflower – and the dishes are rich with the likes of duck confit, chicken livers and sauces mounted with enough cream to put a herd of Friesians on overtime.

    Restaurant review: Brasserie Toulouse Lautrec Jay Rayner 2010

  • A1 cows include the black and white breeds like Holsteins and Friesians.

    Dr. Joseph Mercola: Why You Shouldn't Drink Pasteurized Milk 2010

  • Harriet found it difficult to reconcile the sleepy little town they had just left with the flat shores protected from the sea by the dykes built so patiently by the Friesians over the centuries.

    Politics 101 2010

  • Then again, I have implied that insects breed flowers for high nectar yield, like dairymen breeding massively uddered Friesians.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • For the rest of us, there will be a visit to some demeaning Orwellian Room where a menial Jobsworth will take your DNA sample and issue you with your chip, just like Farmer Giles 'herd of prize Friesians.

    Archive 2007-09-02 2007

  • Mr Gow said: The auroch was extinct, but domestic descendents – Friesians, Simmentals and everything else – were still kicking around the countryside.

    Nazi Supercows | Impact Lab 2009

  • The milk for my new discovery came from Jersey cows, which the family keeps alongside its Friesians, the classic cheddar cow.

    The Art of Aging Well 2007

  • The milk for my new discovery came from Jersey cows, which the family keeps alongside its Friesians, the classic cheddar cow.

    The Art of Aging Well 2007

  • Then again, I have implied that insects breed flowers for high nectar yield, like dairymen breeding massively uddered Friesians.

    THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009

  • For the rest of us, there will be a visit to some demeaning Orwellian Room where a menial Jobsworth will take your DNA sample and issue you with your chip, just like Farmer Giles 'herd of prize Friesians.

    New Labour, New Order? 2007

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