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Border Leicester

British  

noun

  1. a breed of sheep originally developed in the border country between Scotland and England by crossing English Leicesters with Cheviots: large numbers in Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand. It has a long white fleece with no wool on the head

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You might as well ask me ask me to become a three-year-old Border Leicester.

From The Guardian • Mar. 7, 2016

These are all English except the Border Leicester, Cheviot, and Blackfaced Mountain, which are Scotch; the Welsh Mountain is of course Welsh, and the Roscommon Irish.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

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