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  • Tamworth
    Tamworth
    noun
    one of an English breed of red hogs, raised chiefly for bacon.
  • tamworth
    tamworth
    noun
    (often capital) any of a hardy rare breed of long-bodied reddish pigs

Tamworth

1 American  
[tam-wurth] / ˈtæmˌwɜrθ /

noun

  1. one of an English breed of red hogs, raised chiefly for bacon.


Tamworth 2 American  
[tam-wurth] / ˈtæmˌwɜrθ /

noun

  1. a city in E Australia.


Tamworth 1 British  
/ ˈtæmwəθ /

noun

  1. a market town in W central England, in SE Staffordshire. Pop: 71 650 (2001)

  2. a city in SE Australia, in E central New South Wales: industrial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 32 543 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

tamworth 2 British  
/ ˈtæmwəθ /

noun

  1. (often capital) any of a hardy rare breed of long-bodied reddish pigs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Tamworth

After Tamworth, in Staffordshire, England where the breed was developed

Example Sentences

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In the first half of the campaign, it was for the under-21 side at places like Brackley, Solihull and Tamworth in the National League Cup, or Lincoln, Barnsley and Notts County in the EFL Trophy.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

He wielded power from Tamworth, now a Midlands city of 80,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Reform UK's biggest gains came in England, where the party took control of councils from Labour, including Barnsley, Wakefield, Sunderland and Gateshead, and shifted Hartlepool, Tameside, Redditch and Tamworth to no overall control.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Reform also made gains at the expense of the Conservatives in places like Brentwood, Tamworth and North East Lincolnshire.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Subsequently the breeders of Tamworth pigs formed themselves into a society presumably for propaganda work, and to conserve the interests of breeders of Tamworth pigs.

From The Pig Breeding, Rearing, and Marketing by Spencer, Sanders

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