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herd-book

British  

noun

  1. a book containing the pedigrees of breeds of pigs, cattle, etc

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No peerage ever kept a more jealous heraldry than the herd-book of this great quadruped noblesse. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Burritt, Elihu

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