Cor|nish

Cor|nish
Cor|nish «KR nihsh», adjective, noun.
–adj.
of or having to do with the English county of Cornwall, its people, their former Celtic language, or their present dialect.
–n.
1. a Celtic language spoken in Cornwall until the late 1700's.
2. the modern English dialect spoken in Cornwall.
3. any one of a breed of large, heavy chickens raised mainly for meat. They are originally from England and have unfeathered shanks and a yellow skin.

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