Definition of Pekins

1. pekin [n] - See also: pekin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pekins

pejorates
pejoration
pejorations
pejorative
pejoratively
pejoratives
pejorism
pejorist
pekan
pekans
pekepoo
pekepoos
pekes
pekid
pekin
pekins (current term)
pekoe
pekoes
pekoite
pekovite
pel
pelB
pela
pelade
pelage
pelages
pelagial
pelagian
pelagianism
pelagians

Literary usage of Pekins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Farm Poultry: A Popular Sketch of Domestic Fowls for the Farmer and Amateur by George Catchpole Watson (1919)
"White Pekin duck, young (one-ninth size). and prolific than the pekins. Some practical duck raisers sometimes introduce an Aylesbury cross on their Pekin ..."

2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1880)
"01 new and distinctive breed like pekins is -л great gain. f ... It cannot, we think, be more th.ni five years sm- first heard of pekins. then shown alone ..."

3. Poultry-craft: A Text-book for Poultry Keepers by John Henry Robinson (1899)
"A result of the acknowledged superiority of the pekins for the purposes of the duck farmer, has been to throw other varieties — no matter how many good ..."

4. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1891)
"The pekins, which are the best layers of the duck family, were of large size and extra good quality, and are more expensively bred than any other. ..."

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