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Orpington definition

Or·ping·ton (ôr′piŋ tən)

noun

any of a breed of large, full-bodied chicken, often brownish yellow in color and with featherless legs, usually raised for its meat

Etymology: after Orpington, village in Kent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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