Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bred up to some standard of excellence agreed upon by some association.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective United States Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders.
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Examples
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Both mares, full sisters, five an 'six years old, registered Belgian sire, out of a heavy standard-bred mare that I know.
CHAPTER XIII 2010
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Between earning his nursing degree, completing his military service, and his first decade as an anesthesiology nurse, Mr. Reese realized that American standard-bred birds were in big trouble.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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In 1989, he bought a hundred-year-old farm that he named Good Shepherd Turkey Ranch, and began restoring the populations of standard-bred birds.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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But he pointed to an agreement last week to keep standard-bred racing going at the Meadowlands Racetrack, which the governor said moved the venue closer to being a "privately run, self-sustaining venture without taxpayer subsidies."
Wall Street Posts Bets on New Jersey Horse Racing Brendan Conway 2010
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As you can guess, there were no standard-bred poodles in the little dog den either.
scusteister: Singularity vs. Your Twilight Zone scusteister 2009
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Couldn’t she tell we needed a standard-bred poodle?
scusteister: Singularity vs. Your Twilight Zone scusteister 2009
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As a general rule, however, standard-bred birds are best.
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Pratt Food Co.
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There are exceptional layers, dependable profit-payers, in practically every fair-sized flock, whether made up of standard-bred stock or mongrels.
Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Pratt Food Co.
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She stood it like the standard-bred she was, and never winced, then she forged ahead farther, and farther, and held the old pacer anchored at her wheels, and the wire not fifty feet away!
The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills John Trotwood Moore
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Both mares, full sisters, five an 'six years old, registered Belgian sire, out of a heavy standard-bred mare that I know.
Chapter 13 1913
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