Plymouth Rock

noun

a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
one of an American breed of medium-sized chickens, raised for meat and eggs.

Plymouth Rock

a heavy American breed of domestic fowl bred for meat and laying
See Mayflower
a boulder on the coast of Massachusetts: traditionally thought to be the landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers (1620) See also Mayflower

Plymouth Rock

The rock, in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts , near which the , carrying the Pilgrims , landed in 1620.

During the middle of this Golden Age, in 1620, the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock.

Tidal waves of scholarship have broken over Plymouth Rock, leaving behind little but ambiguity.

It predates the founding of our nation and even the landing at Plymouth Rock.

Possibly the old Plymouth Rock didn't act as a turkey mother should during a thunderstorm.

A few days ago he came across a Plymouth Rock hen that had hatched out a clutch of turkeys.

He's a foreign bird, you know, and thinks himself a deal better than a common American Plymouth Rock.

She has ancestors reaching back to Plymouth Rock, and across the sea for generations before that.

She remains for an instant, a vibrant pagan, drunk with the joy of life; Pan poised for an unforgettable moment on Plymouth Rock.

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