Yorkshire
['jɔrkʃə] or ['jɔrkʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a former large county in northern England; in 1974 it was divided into three smaller counties.
Typed by Alphonse--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A county in the north of England.
Edited by Emily
Examples
- Enscombe is in Yorkshire? Jane Austen. Emma.
- After some consideration I decided on writing to the Arnolds, in Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He is in Yorkshire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I took out of my pocket-book the letter which poor Lady Verinder had written to me from Frizinghall, on the day when I left her house in Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Wretched place this Yorkshire, he went on. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The house in Yorkshire was associated with the scandalous affair of the lost Moonstone. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The blame of the violence shall rest with the outlaws of the Yorkshire forests. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I am going to Yorkshire, I answered, by the next train. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Had he not expressed disdain of everything in Yorkshire? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- True, said I, and I remember all the servant maids and Yorkshire milkwomen confessed his power. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Our house is high up on the Yorkshire coast, and close by the sea. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They would have the houses in London and in Yorkshire to live in, and they would have the handsome income--and that was all. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- To speak the truth, I thought none in Yorkshire knew better than yourself why he was reluctant to come home. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I could only promise to write to him--and Rachel could only insist on his coming to see her when she returned to Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- A serious personal matter is at the bottom of my visit to Yorkshire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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