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broad acres
In phr. (the land of the) broad acres: Yorkshire. So broad-acred a., of or characteristic of Yorkshire. Cf. acre 1 b.
1898Windsor Mag. VII. 696/2 Yorkshire has in recent years..played its matches in various parts of the broad-acred shire. 1907Minister's Gaz. Fashion Oct. 182/1 ‘There's a trip in fra' Leeds, my lad,’ explained the man from broad acres. 1908A. N. Cooper (title) Across the Broad Acres. 1928Sunday Express 17 June 12/6 A redfaced..man of the broad-acred type. 1928Sunday Dispatch 8 July 22/3 The youth of the Broad-acres. |