southdown

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Noun
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South=down

CIDE DICTIONARY

southdowna. 
     Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England.  [1913 Webster]
Southdown sheep (Zoöl.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated.
southdownn. 
     A Southdown sheep.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

southdown, n.
1 a sheep of a breed raised esp. for mutton, orig. on the South Downs of Hampshire and Sussex.
2 this breed.


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