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Aylesbury|ˈeɪlzbərɪ| the name of a town and vale in Buckinghamshire, used attrib. or absol. to designate a breed of white domestic ducks.
1854Poultry Chron. I. 553/2 The Aylesbury ducks were good. 1855Ibid. III. 394/1 If Ducks are kept, the Rouen or Aylesbury will answer best. 1916A. Bennett These Twain ii. xiv. 264 A few white Aylesburys with gamboge beaks that intermittently quacked. 1960Farmer & Stock-breeder 15 Mar. 133/1 The Aylesbury ducklings will require brooder heat for 10–14 days at 95 deg. F. |