Aberdeen Angus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Aberdeen Angus
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Aberdeen Angus was the first breed to have been used for bulls and they bred with the crofters' Highland and Shorthorn cross bred cows.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2013
But Aberdeen Angus beef, hard cheeses like Montgomery cheddar, and Scottish langoustines, are as good as anything the French can produce.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2012
In the 1950s, as many as 100,000 head of Aberdeen Angus and Hereford grazed in the park, according to Mark Coleman, president of the Mountain Cattlemen's Association of Victoria.
From Nature ● Mar. 23, 2011
At the Chicago stockyards last week Iowa Cattle Feeder Joe Dingman sold a twelve-ton load of 20 prime-fed Aberdeen Angus steers for $9,492.60.
From Time Magazine Archive
Recom. to the Provinces of Aberdeen, Angus and Murray to supply the vaking Kirks in Badenoch, Lochaber, &c. respectively in their own bounds, Ib.
From The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly
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