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Sussex
noun
any of a breed of domestic chicken, originating in Sussex, with speckled or reddish feathers, usually raised for its meat
- former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in SE England
- former county of SE England, on the English Channel: now divided into two counties, East Sussex & West Sussex
See Sussex in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Sus·sex
An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of southern England bordering on the English Channel. Founded in the fifth century A.D., it was captured by the kingdom of Wessex in 825.
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