Rhode Island Red

American  

noun

1. one of an American breed of chickens having dark reddish-brown feathers and producing brown eggs.

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Rhode Island Red British  

noun

1. a breed of domestic fowl, originating in America, characterized by a dark reddish-brown plumage and the production of brown eggs

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Etymology

Origin of Rhode Island Red

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

For the morning’s lineup of tour guests, he used 150 eggs laid by the 80 free-range Rhode Island Red hens he oversees on the farm.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2017

“Our sense is that if the state wants us here, it should be the Rhode Island Red Sox,” one of the lead investors, a lawyer named Jim Skeffington, told The Providence Journal.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2015

That same owner briefly renamed the team the Rhode Island Red Sox, just as the new owners are now proposing.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2015

A red fox had come down the hill and grabbed Fran, a Rhode Island Red chicken.

From Slate • May 2, 2012

He spat tobacco juice in an arc that just missed a Rhode Island Red pecking dirt in the swept yard.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns