cochin

¹ American  

[koh-chin, koch-in] / ˈkoʊ tʃɪn, ˈkɒtʃ ɪn /

noun

1. one of an Asian breed of chickens, resembling the Brahma but slightly smaller.

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Cochin ² American  

[koh-chin] / ˈkoʊ tʃɪn /

noun

1. a former state in southwestern India; merged with Travancore 1949; a part of Kerala state since 1956.

2. former name of Kochi.

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Cochin British  

/ ˈkɒtʃ-, ˈkəʊtʃɪn /

noun

1. a region and former state of SW India: part of Kerala state since 1956

2. Local official name: Kochi.  a port in SW India, on the Malabar Coast: the first European settlement in India, founded by Vasco da Gama in 1502: shipbuilding, engineering. Pop: 596 473 (2001)

3. a large breed of domestic fowl, with dense plumage and feathered legs, that originated in Cochin China

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Etymology

Origin of cochin

First recorded in 1850–55; short for Cochin-China fowl

Example Sentences

She wuz pretty and she wuz good, I could see that as plain as I could tell a buff cochin hen from a banty.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

A buff cochin rooster was wandering about the street the other day.

From Vignettes of San Francisco by Bailey, Almira

A su mag xxjx de agosto de cochin a 23 de Dics de 1522.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Robertson, James Alexander

I'm after thinking, sir, you'll have killed Widow McSwan's cochin cock.

From Mr. Punch in the Highlands by Various

The black pig, blind with jealous rage and mortification at being beaten on the tape by a cochin china, had borne violently down upon the booth and upset it, with wicked grunts of satisfaction.

From The Brother of Daphne by Yates, Dornford