pedigreed, a.
(ˈpɛdɪgriːd)
[f. prec. + -ed2.]
a. Having a recorded pedigree: said esp. of cattle.
| 1818 Sporting Mag. II. 215 A pedigreed horse..whose pedigree was, probably, made out only by the horse-dealer. 1893 Ruskin Poetry Archit. i. i. 14 In France, there prevail two opposite feelings,..that of the old pedigreed population..and that of the modern revolutionists. 1916 Mem. N.Y. Bot. Garden VI. 353 The possibility of cross-sterility between sister plants of a seed progeny was proven and the interrelations of sterility studied in a pedigreed seed progeny. 1971 Farmer & Stockbreeder 23 Feb. 53/3 (Advt.), Ayr Bull Sale..Pedigreed, Milk Recorded and Brucellosis Accredited Ayrshire Bull Stirks. 1976 J. van de Wetering Tumbleweed vii. 65 He is a pedigreed cat. 1977 New Yorker 11 July 70/1, I saw a sled being pulled by an Irish setter, another by a mongrel collie, a third by a pedigreed scottie. |
b. Having a criminal record. Cf. pedigree n. 2 d.
| 1935 Amer. Speech X. 13/1 To have one's record in the possession of the police;..pedigreed. 1942 Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §461/3 Pedigreed crook, one with a police record. 1971 ‘A. Blaisdell’ Practice to Deceive viii. 112 Rodriguez and D'Arcy were out again hunting the pedigreed sex fiends. |