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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leghorn
Noun
  • Cenat launched the third installment of his Mafiathon series and was broadcasting live from a soapy shower while wearing a bonnet.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Linden, for example, serves lobster frites with scotch bonnet béarnaise.
    Andy Wang, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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
  • Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero.
    Emily Witt, New Yorker, 11 June 2025
  • People started droping off costume accessories and dress-up requests — a sombrero for Cinco De Mayo, for example.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • These possibilities—what to place inside a glass cloche and where to use them—are copious, perhaps lending even more reasons to love this reborn trend.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Accessories like cloche hats, brooches, stoles and bold jewelry are also spotlighted in the photos.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 18 July 2025
Noun
  • Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa greeted attendees in his signature red Guardian Angels beret.
    Robert Birsel Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In another photo, the Pomellato woman sits in a bar wearing a patent leather trench, a beret, a stack of bracelets on one arm, glancing down at her companion — an English bulldog.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Look under the hood for leaves or debris in suspicious places.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The lens ships with front and rear caps, a reversible hood with a push-button release for its bayonet lock, and a soft carrying pouch.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Duchess Meghan, wearing a white blouse and panama hat, is spotted holding their three-month-old son, who donned a striped sweater and beige pants.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Upstairs, stacks of vintage suitcases line a high bedroom shelf; in the dressing room, a collection of panama hats adorns an antique ladder.
    Maria Shollenbarger, ELLE Decor, 18 Oct. 2018

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“Leghorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leghorn. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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