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Herdwick
/ ˈhɜːdwɪk /
noun
- a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England
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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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