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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.
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Fox News, 29 Oct. 2015
Fox News, 29 Oct. 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for leghorn
Noun
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She was last seen wearing black and red flannel pants, a gray hooded sweatshirt and a hair bonnet.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The prongs also allow people to get the steam right to the roots, something that can be tricky to do with a bonnet or cap.—
Megan McIntyre,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There were crinoline explosions and Panama teardrops, tiny little fascinators and huge brimmed sunbonnets.—
Denise Coffey,
Courant Community,
30 May 2017
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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
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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
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Many of the protesters had covered their faces and wore long sleeves; one wore a sombrero.—
Emily Witt,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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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
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Turndown service includes a creative bite made by the resort’s pastry chef and displayed under a glass cloche.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
14 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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Channel a French painter with a Breton-style striped shirt and a beret, or pair a smock and palette for artistic flair, which can often be safer than a well-meaning but potentially misguided tribute to a historical figure.—
Ella Cerón,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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Image Playground produced an image of a cool twenty-something in a beret without ChatGPT, but enabling that functionality resulted in a more convincing image.—
Edward Mendelson,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Howler monkey sounds rang through the auditorium as Irwin peered through a set of binoculars, before leaping off the hood and gliding across the ballroom toward Carson.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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For each, the state placed hoods over the men's heads, strapped them in a chair, placed targets over their hearts, and shot them simultaneously with three bullets.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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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 20 Sep. 2025.
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