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单词 dorking
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Dorkingn.

Brit. /ˈdɔːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈdɔrkɪŋ/
Forms: 1700s– Dorking, 1800s Darking.
Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Dorking.
Etymology: < Dorking, the name of a market town Surrey, south-east England, where this breed originated.
I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating an old breed of large domestic fowl having relatively short legs and five toes, originating in south-east England.
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1779 M. Wilkes Let. 7 Sept. in J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) IV. 285 On Friday morning; I shall arrive, alderman-like, with some Dorking fowls for your acceptance.
1873 J. S. Bowler Let. 6 July in F. Curtiss-Wedge Hist. Renville Co. (1916) II. xli. 1295/2 For stock I have a cow, a Dorking hen, a Buff Cochin and a Pencil-neck Brahma cock.
1915 Irish Monthly 43 99 So he walks round the chimney-top waddling sedately..with the measured step of a Dorking cock.
2012 Your Chickens Apr. 47/2 Lighter coloured on the stem than on the webbing; a desirable marking in dark Dorking females and Welsummers.
II. Simple uses.
2. The Dorking breed of domestic fowl; a bird of this breed.
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1829 ‘M. Dods’ Cook & Housewife's Man. (ed. 4) iii. 507 Darkings white, and Polanders black, are good layers, and approved for the table.
1875 T. C. Burnell Exhibition Dorking x. 32 It is the peculiar shape which makes the Dorking—the square, deep, and massive body, and the full chest.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 876/2 A race originated in France by crossing Houdans with Dorkings and Light Brahmas.
2006 Countryman Dec. 74/1 Dorkings are good layers; most will go broody, make good mothers, and are quite docile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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