thoroughbreed

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thoroughbreed

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From thorough + breed.

noun thoroughbreeds · thorough-breed

  1. A breed of unadulterated or pure lineage. No particular breed of cattle can be said to exist in this district: milk being the main object of the farmer, he does not consider any thoroughbreed particularly advantageous for that purpose; […]
  2. alternative Alternative form of thoroughbred He also entered his own horses for the Lahore meetings, although the thoroughbreeds were sold off to trainers who competed in the more prestigious Bombay and Calcutta races.

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@misc{thoroughbreed_2026,
  title = {thoroughbreed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thoroughbreed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}