Plymouth Rock


noun
  1. a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.

  2. one of an American breed of medium-sized chickens, raised for meat and eggs.

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How to use Plymouth Rock in a sentence

  • Possibly the old Plymouth Rock didn't act as a turkey mother should during a thunderstorm.

  • A few days ago he came across a Plymouth Rock hen that had hatched out a clutch of turkeys.

  • He's a foreign bird, you know, and thinks himself a deal better than a common American Plymouth Rock.

  • She has ancestors reaching back to Plymouth Rock, and across the sea for generations before that.

    Freckles | Gene Stratton-Porter
  • She remains for an instant, a vibrant pagan, drunk with the joy of life; Pan poised for an unforgettable moment on Plymouth Rock.

    A Parody Outline of History | Donald Ogden Stewart

British Dictionary definitions for Plymouth Rock

Plymouth Rock

noun
  1. a heavy American breed of domestic fowl bred for meat and laying

  2. a boulder on the coast of Massachusetts: traditionally thought to be the landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers (1620): See also Mayflower

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Cultural definitions for Plymouth Rock

Plymouth Rock

The rock, in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, near which the Mayflower, carrying the Pilgrims, landed in 1620.

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