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Herdwick

/ ˈhɜːdwɪk /

noun

  1. a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
“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 Herdwick1

C19: from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd ² (sense 1), wick ²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey
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Example Sentences

Of a flock of forty Herdwick sheep given by Dr. Wakefield, the dogs killed twenty-seven at one time.

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