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Berkshire|ˈbɑːkʃə(r)|
1. Name of an English county, applied to a famous breed of pig.
1811R. Henderson Treat. Breeding Swine i. 13 The Berkshire pig, is generally allowed to be a good kind. 1814― Ibid. (ed. 2) iii. 29, I would give the preference to the Cheshire, or rather the Berkshire hog. 1831Loudon Encycl. Agric. (ed. 2) iii. 1069 The old Irish breed are a long-legged..unprofitable sort of swine; but when they have been crossed with the Berkshire, they are considerably improved. 1842D. Low Dom. Anim. Brit. Isl. I. 17 The true Berkshires are of the larger races of Swine, though they fall short in size of some of the older breeds. Ibid., The Berkshire breed has..been crossed and recrossed with the Chinese. 1855Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 941/2 The Berkshire breed of pigs has probably been the best known, and had in the highest estimation of any of our British breeds. 1953A. Jobson Household Crafts vi. 65 Almost every county in England has produced its own breed of pigs, and we have..Berkshire, Essex Black, [etc.].
2. Berkshire Hunt Rhyming slang = Berkeley Hunt.
1960J. Franklyn Dict. Rhyming Slang 38/2 Berkshire Hunt... This is not an objective, anatomical term, neither does it imply coitus. It connects with that extension of meaning of the unprintable, a fool, or a person whom one does not like. |