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Definition of Orpington
1. Noun. English breed of large chickens with white skin.
Definition of Orpington
1. Proper noun. A town in southeast England. ¹
2. Noun. A breed of chicken, originally being one of four colours (black, white, buff or blue). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orpington
Literary usage of Orpington
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Archaeologia Cantiana by Kent Archaeological Society (1880)
"When we remember the importance, and dignity, which thus attached to orpington
Church, we are surprised that it is not of grander dimensions. ..."
2. A Supplement to Allibone's Critical Dictionary of English Literature and by John Foster Kirk, Kirk, John Foster, 1824-1904, Samuel Austin Allibone (1891)
"orpington. 1877-79, 12mo. 26. Guide to the Principal Pictures in the Academy of
Fine ArU at ... Collected and Arranged ly MABand GA orpington, 1884, fp. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1900)
"THE object of this excursion was to see the Tertiary sections now exposed, between
Chiselhurst and orpington, on the SER main line, which is being widened. ..."
4. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1902)
"... authorising the construction of a light railway in the counties of Kent and
Surrey from orpington to Tatsfield (orpington, Cudham, and Tatsfield Light ..."
5. The Zurich Letters: Comprising the Correspondence of Several English Bishops by Hastings Robinson, John Hunter, Parker Society (Great Britain) (1845)
"Sha set out from Greenwich, July 14th: thence to Croydon, to the arch- bishop's
house, •where she stayed seven days: thence to orpington, the house of Sir ..."
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