Lincolnshire

[ ling-kuh n-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈlɪŋ kənˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).

Also called Lincoln.

Example sentences from the Web for lincolnshire

But if they both come to Lincolnshire, the sedan, he thinks, will receive a warmer welcome than the coach.

Carriages & Coaches |Ralph Straus
For purchasing and improving the fenny lands in Lincolnshire.

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions |Charles Mackay
The rector was a Mr. Elmhirst, a native of the poet's Lincolnshire village.

The Social History of Smoking |G. L. Apperson
Rumour, busy overmuch, however, will not go down into Lincolnshire.

Bleak House |Charles Dickens

Their other name of "Lincolnshire Poachers" has no satisfactory derivation.

British Regiments at the Front, The Story of Their Battle Honours |Reginald Hodder

British Dictionary definitions for lincolnshire

Lincolnshire

/ (ˈlɪŋkənˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a county of E England, on the North Sea and the Wash: mostly low-lying and fertile, with fenland around the Wash and hills (the Lincoln Wolds) in the east; one of the main agricultural counties of Great Britain: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire (both part of Humberside county from 1974 to 1996). Administrative centre: Lincoln. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 665 300 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 5880 sq km (2270 sq miles) Abbreviation: Lincs

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