Chester White

American  

noun

1. one of an American breed of white hogs, having drooping ears.

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Etymology

Origin of Chester White

1855–60, named after Chester, county in Pennsylvania where first bred

Example Sentences

He was best known for his role in the 2003 conviction of a former Klansman, Ernest Avants, for plotting the 1966 murder of a black sharecropper, Ben Chester White.

From New York Times

Purdue won with sheep of all breeds, also with Poland China, Berkshire and Chester White hogs; the agricultural school at LaFayette, Ind. won with lambs; so did Illinois; Iowa State Agricultural School had the best pen of Tamworth barrows; Wisconsin had the best Yorkshire barrows, Tamworth hogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rick thought he looked like a Chester White hog, only meaner, but he answered politely.

From Project Gutenberg

He has a herd of 80 Guernsey cows in milk and is breeding Percheron, registered polling horses and Chester White hogs.

From Project Gutenberg

While it may sometimes happen that it will be wise to raise in a given neighborhood some product that no one else has undertaken to supply, yet as a rule, if a given neighborhood is raising Jersey, or Guernsey or Holstein cattle or Chester White, Berkshire or Poland China hogs, or Southdown or Shropshire or Cotswold sheep, it will be wise to raise the breed commonly raised instead of the least commonly raised breed, as it is sometimes supposed.

From Project Gutenberg