Lancashire

[ lang-kuh-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈlæŋ kəˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).

Also called Lancaster.

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Evans is scheduled to appear in court in Preston, Lancashire, on September 18.

In Emotional Speech, Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans Resigns on Rape Charge |Nico Hines |September 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The six soldiers all came from the same British regiment, the Lancashire Fusiliers.

The History Behind ANZAC Day |David Frum |April 25, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
According to published reports, a couple, one of whom is a member of the armed forces, were arrested in Lancashire.

The Sun’s Royal Editor and Others Arrested |Peter Jukes |April 19, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
(e) An investigation into conditions in women's lodging-houses in a Lancashire centre.

Glimpses into the Abyss |Mary Higgs

The first belongs more properly to water-works; the two latter are synonyms applied to town drainage, "Sough" being Lancashire.

Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 124, March 13, 1852 |Various
This epidemic of 1702 in Lancashire and Cheshire was recorded as something unusual.

A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) |Charles Creighton
Their full-blooded complexions would shame our pale Lancashire factory hands.

Romantic Spain |John Augustus O'Shea
Ben Brierley was an adept at telling a short Lancashire story.

Lancashire Humour |Thomas Newbigging

British Dictionary definitions for lancashire

Lancashire

/ (ˈlæŋkəˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a county of NW England, on the Irish Sea: became a county palatine in 1351 and a duchy attached to the Crown; much reduced in size after the 1974 boundary changes, losing the Furness district to Cumbria and much of the south to Greater Manchester, Merseyside, and Cheshire: Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool became independent unitary authorities in 1998. It was traditionally a cotton textiles manufacturing region. Administrative centre: Preston. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 1 147 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 2889 sq km (1115 sq miles) Abbreviation: Lancs

a mild whitish-coloured cheese with a crumbly texture

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