Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiremen
Literary usage of Shiremen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on the Principles of Local Government: Delivered at the London by George Laurence Gomme (1897)
"There has only been a restoration to the locality of the county of a representative
form of government, in place of the open gathering of all shiremen which ..."
2. The Lancet (1898)
"Dr. Malcomson was " real grit " and was soon discovered to be so by the wily
York- shiremen ; hence his success, which has been all too great. ..."
3. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1912)
"... to meet him at the scene of action ; and he moved forward with his New Hamp-
shiremen into the immediate vicinity of the German intrenchments. ..."
4. The American Revolution by George Otto Trevelyan (1907)
"... to meet him at the scene of action ; and he moved forward with his New Hamp-
shiremen into the immediate vicinity of the German intrenchments. ..."
5. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1899)
"There is no annual event in Yorkshire so typical of the county, or so well worth
attending by those who wish to see York- shiremen en masse as the St. Leger ..."
6. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"From one end to the other of the kingdom, York- shiremen are looked upon as being
keener than other people; more eager in pursuit of their own interests; ..."
7. A survey of London by John Stow (1842)
"shiremen, the wardens and five persons, two messes. 20. Fullers, the wardens and
nine persons, two messes. 21. Sadlers, the wardens and four persons, ..."
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