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Definition of Cheshire
1. Proper noun. A maritime county of England, bordered by the Irish Sea, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Denbighshire and Flintshire. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cheshire
1. a hard English cheese [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cheshire
Literary usage of Cheshire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York public library (1910)
"The cheshire gentry ¡n 1715: drawn from the Ashley Hall portraits at Tatton.
lo port. ... See Calendar (A) of Lancashire and cheshire exchequer depositions. ..."
2. Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British Museum ...by George Knottesford Fortescue by George Knottesford Fortescue (1902)
"Calendar of cheshire Exchequer Ao. Manchester. Record Society. ... Lists of
Esquires in cheshire who refused knighthood at the coronation of Charles I. 1885 ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"When the wind blows, the soldier turns round and at the same time his arms revolve.
*- a cheese vat' cheshire ACRE, s. The cheshire acre is 1o,24o square ..."
4. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell by Thomas Bayly Howell (1826)
"cheshire. When you were at tbe door, did you not whisper to any one ? Hopkins.
... cheshire. Did you take all those journeys- to Mr. Huggins lor nothing? ..."
5. Journal by Australian Ex Libris Society (1890)
"WHEN the Archaeological Institute met at Chester, a few years ago, I was allowed
to describe the sculptured stones of cheshire at one of the evening ..."
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