Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- A historical region of northwest England on the Irish Sea. It was part of the kingdom of Northumbria in Anglo-Saxon times and became a county palatine in 1351. Long noted for its textiles, the area grew rapidly after the Industrial Revolution.
Wiktionary
- n. A maritime county in the north-west of England bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire and Cheshire.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a historical area of northwestern England on the Irish Sea; noted for textiles
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“June 18th, 2009 LANCASHIRE - Stylish Indian batsman VVS Laxman believes that his Lancashire team-mate Andrew Flintoff will recover from his knee surgery to play a vital role in England's endeavor to bring back the Ashes from the Australians.”
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“Rusty worked at Padiham in Lancashire and had no interest whatsoever regarding being there.”
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“I seem to remember that a female Goth walking hand-in-hand through a park in Lancashire was beaten to death and her boyfriend left brain damaged by a group of ‘schoolkids’ not so long ago.”
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“Theodore Cooke Taylor was born on 3 August 1850, was MP for Radcliffe cum Farnworth in Lancashire from 1900 to 1918, and died on 19 October 1952.”
“Either that, or it's so murky in Lancashire today that they've got the floodlights on.”
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“Constantine, a much-loved figure in Lancashire, was in great demand for public speaking, and he asked the new arrival to share the load.”
“One of these, Learie Constantine, who became a renowned club professional in Lancashire, inspired James to think politically and, as James put it, cracked his shell of 19th-century intellectualism.”
“For all you Dr. Who fans, Sarah Lancashire is set to appear opposite David Tennant in a future episode.”
“She was born by Caesarean section at the Royal Oldham Hospital in Lancashire thanks to the efforts of Dr Robert Edwards, who jointly invented the IVF technique that led to her birth, and the late Dr Patrick Steptoe, a gynaecologist at the hospital.”
“Banaster [Earliest known born ca. 1604 in Lancashire, England]”
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