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orpington

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Or⋅ping⋅ton

  [awr-ping-tuhn]
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–noun
one of a breed of large, white-skinned chickens.
Origin:
1890–95; after Orpington, town in Kent, England
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Or·ping·ton   (ôr'pĭng-tən)   
n.  Any of a breed of large, white-skinned domestic fowls having a single comb and unfeathered legs, originally bred in England for both meat and eggs.

[After Orpington, a district of southeast England.]
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