Plymouth Rock
noun
Plym·outh Rock
ˈpli-məth- 
: any of a U.S. breed of medium-sized single-combed domestic chickens raised for eggs and meat
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From his view, the very first migrant surge started at Plymouth Rock.
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Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
In 1970, on the three-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock, the American Indian Movement, a grassroots group founded in Minneapolis, seized a replica of the Mayflower near Boston and called for Thanksgiving to be observed as a national day of mourning.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 sought a haven to practice their faith freely.
—Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
That drought started in 1575, a decade after St. Augustine, Florida, was founded and before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620.
—NBC News, 18 June 2021
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Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN, 24 June 2024
In 1970, on the three-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock, the American Indian Movement, a grassroots group founded in Minneapolis, seized a replica of the Mayflower near Boston and called for Thanksgiving to be observed as a national day of mourning.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
The Pilgrims who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 sought a haven to practice their faith freely.
—Sabeeha Rehman and Walter Ruby, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
That drought started in 1575, a decade after St. Augustine, Florida, was founded and before the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock in 1620.
—NBC News, 18 June 2021
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Plymouth Rock
noun
Plym·outh Rock
ˌplim-əth-
: any of an American breed of medium-sized domestic chickens having a single comb
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