Leghorn
Americannoun
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English name of Livorno.
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(lowercase) a fine, smooth, plaited straw.
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(lowercase) a hat made of such straw, often having a broad, soft brim.
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one of a Mediterranean breed of chickens that are prolific layers of white-shelled eggs.
noun
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the English name for Livorno
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a breed of domestic fowl laying white eggs
noun
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a type of Italian wheat straw that is woven into hats
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any hat made from this straw when plaited
Etymology
Origin of leghorn
C19: named after Leghorn (Livorno)
Example Sentences
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It reminded me of our old white leghorn hens picking up yellow kernels of corn from the ground.
From Literature
Just then an old white leghorn hen came sailing out of our henhouse, flapping her wings and cackling her head off.
From Literature
Still, writer-director Rian Johnson managed to pump some life into a largely forgotten cinematic genre with “Knives Out,” the 2019 murder mystery starring Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc, the courtly genius with the Foghorn Leghorn accent who untangles mysteries for fun.
William Carlos Williams, “Anna Karenina,” Katherine Anne Porter, “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Cats,” Foghorn Leghorn: all get shoutouts here, a collective distress call that fails to move us.
From Los Angeles Times
The Kipnis family has Italian citizenship through a paternal grandmother who hailed from Leghorn and moved to Israel, via Tunisia, after the Holocaust.
From Seattle Times
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