The chilver said: "But last year, I wasn't even born!"
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Chilver
//ˈt͡ʃɪlvə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "chilver"
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7 translations across 4 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- خَرُوفَة noun (female lamb)
- رَخْل noun (female lamb)
- رِخْل noun (female lamb)
- رِخْلَة noun (female lamb)
Esperanto
1 entries- ŝafidino noun (female lamb)
French
1 entries- agnelle noun (female lamb)
Russian
1 entries- я́рка noun (female lamb)
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The chilver and pur lambs, at 2d. per head for about 40 weeks, will cost
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For the last few years I have put out my Chilver lambs to keep from the middle of October til Lady-day upon a dry, sheltered, and healthy farm, andd as the result of this plan, I have found that the lambs did quite as well there with cut swedes and hay as they would on my high exposed farm during the winter upon the same allowance of roots and hay, with the addition of a quarter of a pound of best cake per day for each lamb.
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Among the purchasers of the Chilver lambs were Mr. Morrison, a lot at £170; Mr. Taylor, £80; Mr. Buxton, :£33 10s, Mr Holdsworth £34
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