Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A dairy goat of a breed developed in Switzerland, having a short-haired white or cream-colored coat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
breed of light-colored short-haireddairy goats . - noun An
animal of thisbreed . - proper noun a municipality in the canton of
Bern inSwitzerland .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.
Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008
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She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.
Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008
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She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.
Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008
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She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.
Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008
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She’s a Saanen, which is a breed from Switzerland.
Much Ado About Anne Heather Vogel Frederick 2008
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The estate has 750 Saanen goats and some of these are allowed access to the tower.
Boing Boing 2009
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Johnson has 34 Saanen milk goats that use the tower.
Boing Boing 2009
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Ms. Nichols ' s cheeses are a blend of milks from heritage breed cows, Ayrshire and Kerry, heritage breed Arapawa goats and common Saanen goats.
Crop of Small Dairies Hits Market Melanie Grayce West 2010
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The milk is sourced from a mainly Saanen Goat herd while non-animal rennet is used in the cheese-making process.
Archive 2008-04-01 Haalo 2008
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The milk is sourced from a mainly Saanen Goat herd while non-animal rennet is used in the cheese-making process.
Udder Delights Haalo 2008
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