Shropshiren.
/ˈʃrɒpʃə/ a. Used to designate things coming from or associated with Shropshire, as Shropshire cheese, Shropshire damson, Shropshire pie.
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1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 147v In England, the best Cheese is the Chesshyre, and the Shropshyre, then the Banbury Cheese.
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery viii. 73 A Shropshire Pye.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 298/2 [article Damson] Much the finest variety..is that called the Shropshire damson.
b. (a) An old breed of horned sheep peculiar to Shropshire; (b) a modern breed of black-faced hornless sheep obtained by crossing with the Southdown. Also, an old breed of long-horn cattle, and of swine.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > long-horn breeds
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of > Shropshire breeds
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1768 A. Young Six Weeks Tour Southern Counties iv. 107 That fine breed of hogs, which at Barnet market are called the Shropshires.
1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire 241 The old Shropshire ox was remarkable for a large dewlap.
1803 J. Plymley Gen. View Agric. Shropshire 260 The old Shropshire sheep..have black or mottled faces and legs.
1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 358/2 Varieties of the short or middle-woolled breeds of sheep, and among them were the old Shropshires.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 12 For quality of mutton, the Shropshire, by universal opinion, comes next to the Southdown.
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