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True-bred. World English Historical Dictionary

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True-bred. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1916, rev. 2022. True-bred a. a. Bred of a true or pure stock; of the true breed; thoroughbred. b. Having or manifesting true breeding or education.

1 1596.  Shaks., 1 Hen. IV., I. ii. 206. I know them to bee as true bred Cowards as euer turn’d backe.

2 1690.  Dryden, Don Sebastian, I. i. 18. He’s a substantial true-bred Beast.

3 1809.  T. Jefferson, Writ. (1830), IV. 126. True-bred shepherd’s dogs.

4 1886.  C. Scott, Sheep-Farming, 183. In a true-bred sheep the staple of the wool is of an equal length and texture on all parts of the body.

5 1911.  W. P. Ker, Eng. Lit., Mediæval, viii. 210. He writes of it in true-bred language.

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