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stinking bishop

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.02 in modern English

Syllables
stink-ing bish-op
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pear of a variety bred near Dymock in Gloucestershire, England, primarily for perry.

Countable

noun

A washed-rind cheese made from the milk of Gloucester cattle and immersed in perry made from Stinking Bishop pears.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

A reference to Frederick (or Percy) Bishop, who owned Moorcroft Farm in the early 1800s and was presumably the cultivar's breeder; he is said to have had an ugly temperament.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Stinking Bishops (plural)

Questions

What does stinking bishop mean?
A pear of a variety bred near Dymock in Gloucestershire, England, primarily for perry.
Where does stinking bishop come from?
A reference to Frederick (or Percy) Bishop, who owned Moorcroft Farm in the early 1800s and was presumably the cultivar's breeder; he is said to have had an ugly temperament.

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