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pedigreed

[ped-i-greed] / ˈpɛd ɪˌgrid /


ADJECTIVE
pedigree
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
base-born lowly




ADJECTIVE
thoroughbred
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
half-breed mixed


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"Captain Billy" had to mimeograph his "stuff" to meet the demand, giving the sheet the title which persists: Captain Billy's Whiz Bang: "Explosion of Pedigreed Bull."

From Time Magazine Archive

Pedigreed dogs, knowledgeably named in Russian or even Japanese, bunk into a birch-log fire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pedigreed Canadian mice would have done as well, but since the plane and the serum were going anyway, there was no need to take a chance on not finding the mice.

From Time Magazine Archive

But this singing Pedigreed Fellow, with all his airs!

From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Jordan, Charlotte Brewster

"Pedigreed" vines, then, should be subject to a test of several generations in an experimental vineyard before the grape-grower pays the price demanded for the supposed improvement.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.




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