Tamworthn.
/ˈtamwəθ/, U.S. /ˈtæmˌwərθ/ Used absol. or attributively to designate a pig of the breed of this name, usually red or brown in colour, lean and large in build, and used to produce bacon; (also) the breed itself, first developed in the area of Tamworth.
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purr?1577
Hampshirea1661
Shropshire1768
tun-back1776
Berkshire1810
Suffolk1831
China hog1838
Essex pig1838
Narragansett1852
Cumberland1860
Neapolitan1860
Tamworth1860
hazel splitter1866
Poland China1869
Duroc1872
Large Black1906
Lincolnshire Curly-Coat1917
saddleback1919
landrace1935
micropig1985
1860 S. Sidney Youatt's Pig (ed. 2) iii. 34 The cross of the Berkshire with the Tamworth produces the most profitable bacon pigs in the kingdom.
1860 S. Sidney Youatt's Pig (ed. 2) iii. 34 The Tamworth Breed is a red, or red-and-black pig,—hardy, prolific,..but slow in maturing.
1886 J. Long Bk. Pig ix. 161 A cross between the Tamworth and the Berkshire was considered most valuable.
1897 S. Spencer Pigs i. 17 The mahogany or grizzled pig..has acquired the name of the Tamworth.
1950 W. E. Carroll & J. L. Krider Swine Production vi. 83 The Tamworth is a strictly bacon breed and the oldest of domesticated breeds of hogs.
1950 W. E. Carroll & J. L. Krider Swine Production vi. 84 Tamworths are large, rugged hogs.
1967 M. Kenyon Whole Hog viii. 93 Most of your Tamworths you call Duroc. They're the red ones—reddish-brown.
1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 702/2 Tamworth pigs.., although still relatively scarce, have increased in numbers dramatically.
1977 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 125 704/2 The Tamworth..can adapt itself to a wide range of climatic conditions.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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