Rhode Island White

noun

1. one of a dual-purpose American breed of chickens having white feathers and a rose comb.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rhode Island White¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

In the more Northerly and Easterly States they cultivate the golden sioux, or Northern yellow flint, the King Philip, or eight-rowed yellow, the Canadian early white, the Tuscarora, the white flour, and the Rhode Island white flint.

From Project Gutenberg