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1720 Daily Courant 5 Aug. (advt.) Great Choice of Leghorn Hats, very cheap.

1742 Boston Weekly News-let. 24 June 2/2 Just imported..from London..Leghorn Hats for women.

1757 Public Advertiser 4 May (advt.) For Sale..12 Tubs Leghorn Chip Hats.

1773 Morning Chron. 21 Apr. (advt.) For Sale..65 Cases Leghorn Straw Hats.

1818 Lit. Panorama Aug. 858 He..canvassed the town, with his wife and daughters by his side, who wore Leghorn chips, unthinkingly,—but not unobservedly. The consequence was, he lost his election.

1893 F. Peel Spen Valley 271 The great leghorn bonnets which they prized so highly.

1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. iii. 29 I seem to remember that, with that dress, she wore an immensely broad Leghorn hat.

1975 ‘R. Player’ Let's talk of Graves ii. 46 Her big grey saucer eyes, shaded by the big Leghorn hat.

1990 A. C. Danto Encounters & Refl. (1997) 28 They wear the vestments of modern leisure—Hawaiian shirts, Bermuda shorts and bikinis rather than summer frocks and leghorn straw hats.

2013 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 24 Mar. sr2 Scavengers were too busy looting trunks filled with expensive silks and Leghorn hats to attempt a rescue.

1801 York Herald 7 Feb. Hat of Leghorn Straw, in the gypsey fashion.

1805 Trans. Soc. Arts 23 223 The Gold Medal of the Society was this session voted to Mr. William Corston, of Ludgate-Hill, for a substitute, of his invention, for Leghorn Plait, for Hats, &c.

1823 New Eng. Farmer 1 Feb. 212/1 The cultivation of Leghorn straw, and the preparation of it for manufacture.

1880 Hull Packet & E. Riding Times 15 Mar. 3/6 They are made [of] Leghorn plait, chip, and fancy straw, lined with silk or satin.

1960 C. W. Cunnington et al. Dict. Eng. Costume 46/1 Clarissa Harlowe bonnet, a large bonnet of Leghorn straw, the brim brought forward on the forehead.

2009 S. Mallory Wicked Baron iii. 61 We have just purchased a new bonnet of leghorn straw from her for Carlotta.

1735 J. Moore Columbarium 42 The Leghorn Runt is a stately large Pigeon, seven inches or better in Legs.

1765 Treat. Domest. Pigeons 110 I have had a hen of the Leghorn breed that weighed two pounds two ounces avoirdupoise weight.

1856 C. Darwin Let. 15 Mar. in Corr. (1990) VI. 59 I called yesterday at Mr. H. Weirs & he told me that some Leghorn Runts are to be sold on Tuesday at Stevens.

1871 Exchange & Mart 14 June 722/3 The Leghorn Runt.—Will any pigeon fancier give a description of the Leghorn runt—its colour, size, and breeding properties?

1910 C. E. Brooke Poultry-keeping xv. 128 Whether the birds be Maltese..or any other derivative of the Leghorn and Spanish Runts..the runtish characteristics of size must predominate.

1958 C. A. Naether Bk. of Pigeon (ed. 4) v. 96 This pigeon [sc. the Florentine] was in all probability originated..by crossing the Leghorn Runt, a large, runtlike ‘hen’ pigeon, with the Modena.

2013 K. van Grouw Unfeathered Bird ii. vi. 254 Its former name was the Leghorn Runt, a name that alludes to its chicken-like appearance and to its great size.

1850 Amer. Fowl-breeder ii. 23 The Bolton Grays are sometimes called Creole Fowls, and Leghorn Fowls.

1874 L. Wright Illustr. Bk. Poultry 425 The white Leghorn cock.

1902 Outing Apr. 64/2 A certain Mr. William Tripp..bought from a neighbour..a rose-combed Brown Leghorn cockerel to cross upon his flock of buff Malay hens.

1952 W. Goyen Ghost & Flesh 63 He'd be sitting by the washhouse studying something on his mind..and the Leghorn rooster would crow in his face.

1981 K. Thear in K. Thear & A. Fraser Compl. Bk. Livestock & Poultry (1988) i. 10 The most common first cross in Australia is the White Leghorn cock mated to Australorp hens.

2013 Country Smallholding Feb. (Poultry section) 10/3 (caption) A Beautiful Pile leghorn male.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Pigeon The Pigeon called the Leghorn is a sort of Runt, only distinguished by a little Wattle over his Nostril.

1857 Home Circle Aug. 502/1 In fact, none of my Leghorns have ever shown that desire [sc. to sit].

1897 K. B. B. De La Bere New Poultry Guide ii. 38 Blue Andalusians, black Minorcas, and white Leghorns, all universally admitted to be prolific layers.

1926 People's Home Jrnl. Feb. 44/1 (advt.) Pure Bred Chicks. Best paying varieties. From inspected, high egg-bred flocks. Leghorns—Minorcas—Anconas—Plymouth Rocks [etc.].

1971 D. P. Furman in R. E. Pfadt Fund. Appl. Entomol. (ed. 2) xx. 598 Light breeds, such as the White Leghorn, are more susceptible to the effects of louse infestation.

2005 Grow your Own Dec. 82/2 There are some breeds such as the flightier bantams or leghorns that will roost quite happily in trees.

1810 W. Corston Brit. Leghorn in J. Lancaster & W. Corston Brit. Syst. Educ. Cultivation of waste and barren lands for the production of the material of which the British Leghorn is made.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 64 I bought myself a chapeau de soleil, with corn flowers stuck in the side of it—a regular Leghorn.

1823 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1825) I. 6 She..split the young lady's Leghorn by one thump of her fist.

1922 ‘R. Crompton’ More William (1924) x. 170 He's taken my new silk scarf—the one I'd got to trim my Leghorn.

1993 S. Jacob Once you're over Hill xxix. 57 All colors of lace, embroideries, ribbons and blossoms were used on these picture hats... There was no way a leghorn could be unattractive.

1817 Ladies' Monthly Museum Dec. 341 A small French bonnet composed of black Leghorn.

1870 Ballou's Monthly Mag. July 18/2 Fig. 3 shows one made of leghorn, with a pale pink ribbon tied round it.

1906 B. Owens-Adair Some of her Life Experiences vi. 74 She knew how to bleach and whiten all kinds of leghorn and white straws.

1988 M. Turner Navy Gray (1999) v. 137 Much prized was a gift of leghorn..his wife was weaving a hat.