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Plymouth Rock
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What does Plymouth Rock mean?
noun
- A chicken of a certain American domestic breed.
proper noun
- The traditionally accepted landing site of the Mayflower settlers to America in 1620, on the shore of Massachusetts.
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Then Freckles mounted his wheel and began a spin that terminated only when the biggest Plymouth Rock in Duncan's coop saluted a new day, and long lines of light reddened the east.
A fine snowy Plymouth Rock rooster, after several attempts, flew to the fence, balanced with great effort, wildly flapped his wings and started a guttural crow, but fell sprawling among the pigs, too helpless to stand.
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The great pine wood of Erindale was on the other bank of the river, and on looking carefully about the lower ford I saw a few fox-tracks and a barred feather from one of our Plymouth Rock chickens.