Dorking

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A Dorking fowl.

    "Thus, a poultry-breeder describes a hen (colored Dorking) crowing like a cock, only somewhat more harshly, as a cockerel crows, and with an enormous comb, larger than is ever seen in the male"

  2. 2
    an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of dork form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A market town, the seat of Mole Valley district, Surrey, England (OS grid ref TQ1649).

Synonyms

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dorking fowl

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"Thus, a poultry-breeder describes a hen (colored Dorking) crowing like a cock, only somewhat more harshly, as a cockerel crows, and with an enormous comb, larger than is ever seen in the male"

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Dorking fowldorking fowlmarket town

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