Berkshire

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 Berkshire pig on Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English Barrokschire, Berchesire, Barrokshyre, Berrucsire, from Old English Bearrocscire, Berrocscire, Bearrucscire, taken from the Bearroc woods, possibly from Proto-Brythonic *barrọg, perhaps meaning “hilly” (compare *barros (“hill, peak, top”)) + Old English sċīr (“shire, county”).

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Berkshire

  1. An inland county of England, bounded by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Greater London and Wiltshire.
    • 2005, David Langford, The Sex Column and Other Misprints, page 66:
      My convention diary is unusually disjointed, since I was mingily commuting from Berkshire rather than pay £65 per night for a single room.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A community of Sandy Hook, Newtown, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
    2. A town in Tioga County, New York.
    3. An unincorporated community and township in Delaware County, Ohio.
    4. A town in Franklin County, Vermont.

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Berkshire (plural Berkshires)

  1. A breed of pig from Berkshire county.
  2. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 2-8-4 wheel arrangement.
     2-8-4 on Wikipedia
    • 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co.:
      Erie, always an interesting road to watch, fortified itself in the late '20's with the largest roster of Berkshires in the land, and these engines were easily able to sustain the road until dieselization …

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