† Southdownern.
Obsolete.
1. A sheep of the Southdown breed.
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mug1596
down1721
Shropshire1768
Norfolk sheep1778
Ryeland1786
Southdown1786
Persian1794
Leicester1798
Southdowner1799
Ryeland1802
loaghtan1812
Manx loaghtan1812
herdwick1837
Wallachian1837
Norfolk1851
Teeswater1861
bluefaced Leicester1864
Rough Fell1871
Border Leicester1873
Mexican1878
Cheviot1883
fat-tail1888
pampas1892
pampas sheep1895
turbary1908
karakul1913
East Friesian1949
Texel1949
Norfolk Horn1961
Colbred1962
1799 J. Trusler Pract. Husbandry (ed. 4) xx. 93 South-downers are small, with black faces and legs, and no horns.
1821 J. Bowring Let. 16 Feb. in Corr. Jeremy Bentham (1994) X. 284 Those wanted being South-Downers, not the long-woolled sort.
1868 St. Pauls June 316 Yankees..are no more like our own people than a starved Apennine sheep is like a browsing Southdowner.
2. A piece of mutton from a Southdown sheep. rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > mutton > [noun] > types of mutton
ram mutton1599
Welsh muttona1627
wether-mutton1707
turnip-muttona1722
marsh mutton1724
traik1802
Southdown1818
pré salé1839
Southdowner1841
tup-mutton1844
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk II. 226 I prefer a chop to any thing,..Particularly a real south-downer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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