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Rhode Island White

American  

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of Rhode Island White

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

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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.

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