leghorn

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Recent Examples of leghorn The Most Common Breed of Egg-Laying Chicken is the White Leghorn The breed was first imported to America in 1828 from the Italian port city of Livorno; leghorn is an anglicization of the city's name. Fox News, 29 Oct. 2015
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Noun
  • The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.
    Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
  • This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 8 May 2026
Noun
  • There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets.
    Denise Coffey, Courant Community, 30 May 2017
Noun
  • Mitchell was the most quietly elegant of men, dressed in a costume—a homburg, a knitted vest, a tweed jacket—that seemed unchanged since the thirties, and speaking in a soft but confident North Carolina accent.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Optimo stocks a variety of styles, including homburgs, porkpies, straw Panamas, and fedoras, the last of which is seen here.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Mar. 2024
Noun
  • Digwa then claimed in bodycam footage released by police that Nowak had grabbed his turban and subjected him to racist abuse.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • Their tender encounter takes place in a grand setting with Stone resting in a chaise lounge in her mansion, outfitted in a robe and turban, looking like Norma Desmond.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • Quiroz recently began wearing a sombrero.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2026
  • With an Opening Day golden sombrero and an 0-for-7 start to the season, there was plenty of reason to be worried about Aaron Judge.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Sealed beneath a cloche and revealed tableside beneath a curl of citrus smoke.
    Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026
  • After the waiter lifts a silver cloche from the plate laid before him with a flourish, the aghast Mr. Bean frantically finds places to hide the offending beef away.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Charlie Chaplin, an Englishman, did in fact wear a beret as an actor spoofing a pretentious director in his 1916 short Behind the Screen.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Then came John Travolta and his charming little berets.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 May 2026
Noun
  • Truck traditionalists, however, will not settle for less than eight cylinders under the hood, Kuniskis said, and customers often tell him that a compact truck can't get them to their work site or reliably tow their boats or trailers.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 7 June 2026
  • This Seattle kitchen goes from dark to light with a black hood, tile backsplash, and white cabinetry.
    Lauren Jones, The Spruce, 6 June 2026

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“Leghorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leghorn. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.

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