Yorkshire

[ yawrk-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈyɔrk ʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

Also called York, Yorks

[yawrks] /yɔrks/. a former county in N England, now part of Humberside, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Cleveland, and Durham.

one of an English breed of white hogs having erect ears.

Example sentences from the Web for yorkshire

I went first to see Mom and Dad in Yorkshire, then to Court Green.

Ted Hughes’s Brother on Losing Sylvia Plath |Gerald Hughes |December 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Yorkshire native West portrays Jonathan Blake, a real-life member of the LGSM.

Dominic West Talks ‘The Wire’ Movie, Prince Harry, and Why He’s Opposed to Scottish Independence |Marlow Stern |September 16, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The identity formed 300 years ago is changing like the gears of the bicycles that left from Yorkshire.

A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore? |Clive Irving |July 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
These grim inventions served Yorkshire well for nearly two centuries.

A British Start to the Tour de France Forces the English to Wonder: What Does Being English Mean Anymore? |Clive Irving |July 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

The only thing I can't play the game with is the mint tea: the water came from Yorkshire and the mint came out of my garden.

How Does All Your Stuff Get to You? Inside the Shipping Industry |Rose George |August 17, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Liberty, ground let in parts of Yorkshire for shooting purposes.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
Hooker's honest Yorkshire heart swelled with bitterness all the time.

Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) |Various
He holds a tumbler in his right hand, and swears, in his Yorkshire dialect, that he is 'King and a hauf!'

The Bront Family, Vol. 2 of 2 |Francis A. Leyland
Yorkshire will not willingly let the fame of her Nevison die.

The Great North Road: York to Edinburgh |Charles G. Harper
You ought to have Yorkshire blood in you, if you haven't,' he concluded, and walked into the house without another word.

Sarah's School Friend |May Baldwin

British Dictionary definitions for yorkshire

Yorkshire

/ (ˈjɔːkˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a historic county of N England: the largest English county, formerly divided administratively into East, West, and North Ridings. In 1974 it was much reduced in size and divided into the new counties of North, West, and South Yorkshire: in 1996 the East Riding of Yorkshire was reinstated as a unitary authority and parts of the NE were returned to North Yorkshire for geographical and ceremonial purposes

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