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Suffolk punch

noun

  1. a breed of draught horse with a chestnut coat and short legs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Suffolk punch1

C18: from dialect punch squat, short and thick
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Example Sentences

Rutledge and his assistant Aaron Shannon, 21, a student from Berea College in Kentucky, spent the morning attaching logs to a cart pulled by two Suffolk Punch draft horses.

A Suffolk Punch foal is the first in the UK to have been born using technology to determine its gender.

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The chestnut-coloured Suffolk punch was bred as a draught horse whose existence dates back to at least the 16th Century.

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Heisler’s goal is to continue to make people aware about the breed and keep the Suffolk Punch draft horses going.

Even with his stature, Heisler is dwarfed by Bud and Doc, two of the three rare Suffolk Punch draft horses he owns at Heisler Hay and Horses in Dunbarton.

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