Aberdeen Angus
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Aberdeen Angus
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Johnnie Balfour farms a 300-strong herd of Aberdeen Angus - and is planning to expand operations.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
Aberdeen Angus fell out of favour and Herefords and Simmentals became popular in the 1980s and then Limousins in the 1990s.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2013
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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