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  • proper noun A town and the county town of Shropshire, England.

Etymologies

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From Old English Scrobbesburh (fort in the scrub-land region).

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Examples

  • SHREWSBURY 141.75, WESTBOROUGH 135.8: Lexi Walls won the vault and finished runner-up in the all-around for Westborough in a Mid-Wach League loss at Shrewsbury.

    RSSMicro Search - Top News on RSS Feeds 2010

  • SHREWSBURY - Taxpayers in Shrewsbury, including some former teachers and some with children in the town's school, told Shrewsbury Mountain School teachers Monday night they wish they could afford to pay their requested salary increases but they just can't.

    RutlandHerald.com 2009

  • In January 1798, Hazlitt encountered, preaching at the Unitarian chapel in Shrewsbury, the minister Samuel Taylor Coleridge, soon much better known as a poet, critic, and philosopher.

    william hazlitt | the man of letters « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • In January 1798, Hazlitt encountered, preaching at the Unitarian chapel in Shrewsbury, the minister Samuel Taylor Coleridge, soon much better known as a poet, critic, and philosopher.

    March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009

  • Wendy Murphy is a financial advisor and cofounder of the Murphy Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Shrewsbury, N.J. Her goal is to help women focus on becoming financially empowered.

    Five Essential Questions To Ask Your Financial Advisor Before The Elections CRPC Wendy W. Murphy 2010

  • A bit of a stream of consciousness, it was written in Shrewsbury Reference Library on Monday.

    House Points: Country thoughts from Shropshire 2008

  • A bit of a stream of consciousness, it was written in Shrewsbury Reference Library on Monday.

    Archive 2008-07-01 2008

  • The story titled "Death Comes For All" and co-written with noted dark fantasy novelist Steven L. Shrewsbury, is a horror/fantasy mix with zombies, savage women, and lots of violence.

    Brian Keene apexdigest 2007

  • A blundering badger sparked a major rescue operation in Shrewsbury after falling more than 20ft into a 200-year-old ice house on land once owned by Charles Darwin.

    February 2005 2005

  • A blundering badger sparked a major rescue operation in Shrewsbury after falling more than 20ft into a 200-year-old ice house on land once owned by Charles Darwin.

    Archive 2005-02-01 2005

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