Yorkshiren.
/ˈjɔːkʃ(ɪ)ə/, U.S. /ˈjɔrkˌʃɪ(ə)r/, /ˈjɔrkʃər/ Formerly, the name of the largest of the northern counties of England (comprising three ridings or administrative divisions). As a result of local-government re-organization in 1974, this region was divided into the three counties of North, West, and South Yorkshire (and some territory originally included in Yorkshire became part of Humberside). The name is still used loosely to designate the region covered by the former county or, more accurately, to that formed by the present three counties.† 4. = Yorkist n. 1b. Obsolete.
1. attributive.
a. Pertaining to or characteristic of Yorkshire.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England > specific counties
Kentisha1100
Norfolk1407
Northumbrian1602
Somersetian1612
Sussexian1612
Sussexan1614
East Anglian1622
Suffolkian1622
Yorkshire1683
Cumbrian1780
Cornubian1782
broad-acred1898
1683 G. M[eriton] (title) A York-shire Dialogue, in its pure Natural Dialect.
1685 J. Dryden Sylvæ Pref. sig. a6 Like a fair Shepherdess in her Country Russet, talking in a Yorkshire Tone.
1826 Zool. Jrnl. 2 555 An undescribed Fossil Animal from the Yorkshire Coal-field.
1859 Househ. Words 15 Jan. 148/2 His sullen, self-willed, local Yorkshire nature.
1886 T. L. Kington-Oliphant New Eng. I. 31 Hampole's..‘Pricke of Conscience’..is in the Yorkshire dialect.
b. The name of a breed of white pig, now widely bred for bacon.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [adjective] > of specific breed
Yorkshire1770
Cumberland1811
Neapolitan1847
Wessex1919
1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer II. xi. 207 A pastry-cook, That made good pigeon-pye of rook, Cut venison from Yorkshire hogs.
1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 310/1 The Old Yorkshire Pig is by some considered as the very worst of the large varieties, very long legged, weak loined, not of strong constitution, nor good stye pigs, but yet quicker feeders.
1856 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. 942/1 The Old Lincolnshire, or Yorkshire Pig, was one of largest breeds in the kingdom, and probably the worst... The large breed, or improved wold pig, has probably undergone as great a change as any, and has become..the most profitable kind we have.
1914 ‘Saki’ Beasts & Super-beasts 24 Tarquin, the huge white Yorkshire boar-pig, had exchanged the narrow limits of his stye for the wider range of the grass paddock.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia X. 1281/2 The Yorkshire pig, which originated early in the 19th century in England, where it was considered a bacon type, is long, lean, and trim with white hair and skin. Found in most countries, this breed is probably the most widely-distributed in the world.
2. Used allusively, esp. in reference to the †boorishness, cunning, sharpness, or trickery attributed to Yorkshire people. to come (or put) Yorkshire on one, to cheat, dupe, overreach him. Yorkshire bite, a sharp overreaching action or person. †Also in proverbial phrase a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop, said of anything worthless.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > worthless
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tartar1590
garbage1592
bag of winda1599
a cracked or slit groat1600
kitchen stuff1600
tilta1603
nothing?1608
bauble1609
countera1616
a pair of Yorkshire sleeves in a goldsmith's shop1620
buttermilk1630
dross1632
paltrement1641
cattle1643
bagatelle1647
nothingness1652
brimborion1653
stuff1670
flap-dragon1700
mud1706
caput mortuuma1711
snuff1778
twaddle1786
powder-post1790
traffic1828
junk1836
duffer1852
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punk1869
hogwash1870
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shit1890
tosh1892
tripe1895
dreck1905
schlock1906
cannon fodder1917
shite1928
skunk1929
crut1937
chickenshit1938
crud1943
Mickey Mouse1958
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garbo1978
turd1978
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > astute > as Yorkshire person
Yorkshire1620
York1856
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > cheat, swindle [phrase] > get the better of
to do brown?1548
to give one the (or a) slampant1577
to play the merchant with1593
to come (or put) Yorkshire on one1700
to steal a march1716
to come (also act, play, etc.) the old soldier (over a person)1810
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception
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quaint?a1450
touch1481
pawka1522
false point?1528
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wrinklec1555
far-fetch?a1562
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slampant1577
ruse1581
forgery1582
crank1588
plait1589
crossbite1591
cozenage1592
lock1598
quiblin1605
foist1607
junt1608
firk1611
overreach?1615
fob1622
ludification1623
knick-knacka1625
flam1632
dodge1638
gimcrack1639
fourbe1654
juggle1664
strategy1672
jilt1683
disingenuity1691
fun1699
jugglementa1708
spring1753
shavie1767
rig?1775
deception1794
Yorkshire bite1795
fakement1811
fake1829
practical1833
deceptivity1843
tread-behind1844
fly1861
schlenter1864
Sinonism1864
racket1869
have1885
ficelle1890
wheeze1903
fast one1912
roughie1914
spun-yarn trick1916
fastie1931
phoney baloney1933
fake-out1955
okey-doke1964
mind-fuck1971
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness > unscrupulous > act or instance of
dexterity1577
Yorkshire bite1795
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives
swikec1000
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mocker?c1450
feature14..
deceptor1484
seductor1490
bullera1500
troker?a1500
craftera1529
circumventorc1540
bobber1542
cloyner?1550
illuder?1550
tricker1550
double-dealer1567
treacherer1571
falsary1573
abuser1579
falser1579
treachetour1590
deluder1592
ignis fatuus1592
foolmonger1593
prestigiator1595
aguiler1598
baffler1606
cog-foist1606
feaguer1610
guile-man1614
hocus-pocus1624
colt1632
hoodwink1638
blindfoldera1649
napper1653
cheat1664
fooler1677
underdealer1682
circumvenerc1686
chincher1688
dodger1698
nickum1699
sheep-shearer1699
trickster1711
bilker1717
trickologist1723
taker-in1776
bilk1790
duper1792
Yorkshire bite1801
intake1808
gammoner1819
doer1840
delusionist1841
fiddler1857
snide1874
hoodwinker1884
tanger1886
take-down1888
tiddlywinker1893
wangler1912
frost1914
twicer1924
lurkman1945
jive-ass1964
skanker1973
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness > person
Yorker1599
ferret1629
Yorkshire bite1801
file1819
gnostic1819
shrewdc1858
shrewd-head1916
shrewdie1916
piss-cutter1935
1620 Westward for Smelts (1848) 36 If she lived now, she would shew as vild as a paire of Yorkeshire sleeves in a goldsmiths shop.
1624 A. Holland Contin. Inquis. Paper-Persec. 85 England is all turn'd Yorkeshire, and the Age Extremely sottish, or too nicely sage.
1650 Brief Disc. betw. Yorkshirem. & Scottish-man 1 Yorks. I am a Yorkshireman born and bred, I care not who knowes it: I hope true Yorkshire never denies his county. Scot. I thought you looked like a subtle blade.
1700 Step to the Bath 10 I ask'd what Countrey-Man my Landlord was? Answer was made full North; and Faith 'twas very Evident, for he had put the Yorkshire most Damnably upon us.
1707 E. Ward Wooden World Dissected 53 He's more confident of his Way than a Yorkshire Carrier.
?1748 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. (ed. 2) (Gloss.) Yorshar, Yorkshire, to put Yorkshire on a Man, is to trick, cheat, or deceive him.
1795 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 629/1 I flatter myself that this will turn out to be a Yorkshire bite, and that the biter will be bit.
1796 J. G. Holman Abroad & at Home i. i I dare say, his Yorkshire simplicity will qualify him admirably for the profession!
1801 Sporting Mag. 19 114 I will not denominate your coursing correspondent a Yorkshire bite, for he only snaps.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Yerksheer, Yorkshire. When anything is done very sharp or clever, we say ‘that's real Yerksheer’.
1887 T. Darlington Folk-speech S. Cheshire Yorkshire, cajolery, blarney, attempt to hoodwink or deceive. ‘Let's ha' none o' yur Yorkshire.’
3. elliptical as the designation of a thick coarse cloth made in Yorkshire, a breed of canary, (plural) soldiers of a Yorkshire regiment; also short for Yorkshire dialect; Yorkshire pudding n. at Compounds 2; a Yorkshire pig; a Yorkshire terrier n. at Compounds 2.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric with specific qualities > [noun] > coarse or rough > from specific place
white straits1513
carpenel1523
Carpmeal1610
Yorkshire1717
Melton cloth1882
the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > English English
north country1698
west country1711
Yorkshire1717
Kenticism1735
English English1783
cockney1812
Cockneyese1823
East Angliana1825
Somersetian1825
Northumbrian1845
Norfolk1863
Kentish1866
Doric1870
Kensingtonian1911
Mummerset1915
Geordie1928
Hoxtoniana1935
scouse1963
mockney1967
Kensington1968
Liverpudlian1985
Jafaican2006
MLE2006
Multicultural London English2006
the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > batter-puddings
Yorkshire pudding1747
batter pudding1769
blackcap pudding1842
puffet1860
Yorkshire1898
Yorkshire pud1975
society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British
Ulsters1649
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Inniskilling1715
Scots Greys1728
blue1737
Black Watch1739
Oxford blues1766
green linnets1793
Grenadiers1800
slashers1802
the Buffs1806
tartan1817
Gay Gordons1823
cheesemongers1824
Green Jacket1824
The Bays1837
RHA1837
dirty half-hundred1841
die-hard1844
lifeguard1849
cherry-picker1865
lancer-regiment1868
cheeses1877
Territorial Regiment1877
the Sweeps1879
dirty shirts1887
Scottish Rifles1888
shiner1891
Yorkshire1898
imperials1899
Irish guards1902
Hampshires1904
BEF1914
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contemptibles1917
Tank Corps1917
the Tins1918
skins1928
pioneer corps1939
red devils1943
Blues and Royals1968
U.D.R.1969
the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > arboreal families > family Fringillidae (finch) > [noun] > subfamily Carduelinae > genus Serinus > serinus canaria (canary) > of particular kind or colour
runt1675
jonquil1865
lizard canary1865
macaroni1876
roller1884
Yorkshire1898
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > specific breeds > Yorkshire
large white1786
Middle White1893
Yorkshire1902
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > Yorkshire terrier
Yorkshire terrier1872
Yorkshire1922
Yorkie1950
1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 333 'Tis as ridiculous to make use of the expressions commonly us'd, in speaking to a Great Man or a Lady, as it would be to talk broad Yorkshire or Sommerset shire in the drawing-room.
1726 London Gaz. No. 6444/5 Speaks Yorkshire.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xxvi. 156 Soldiers cloths, yorkshires, and flannels.
1849 A. A. Paton Highlands & Islands of Adriatic II. xvii. 215 The Hausknecht and Stallknecht..speaking the broad dialect of the south-eastern provinces, a kind of Yorkshire to the classic language of the Schillers and Herders.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 31 Jan. 7/1 Fifteen of the Yorkshire Light Infantry killed; two Sikhs and thirty-one Yorkshires wounded.
1898 Daily News 28 Nov. 3/3 Slim and sprightly Yorkshires..contrast strongly with the equally esteemed Lancashires of pale yellow plumage.
1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 235 Now's yer time, gents, fer a nice 'ot dinner, cut off the jint.., an' two wedgetables; plum-tart or Yorkshire—a shilling.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 194/2 The latter [sc. recognized breeds] include the Large White, Middle White, and Small White, which were all formerly embraced under the general term of Yorkshires, and are still so called in other countries.
1908 Daily Chron. 7 Feb. 3/5 [Women] much prefer the graceful, stylish Yorkshire to the more rotund Norwich.
1922 D. Matheson Terriers i. 181 Originally designed as a sporting dog, the Yorkshire has gradually passed into a lap-dog.
1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes i. ii. 41 Theo..said, ‘Shame!’ in his broadest Yorkshire.
1967 M. Kenyon Whole Hog viii. 93 They're Large Whites. You [sc. Americans] call them Yorkshire.
1971 R. J. White Second-hand Tomb ix. 95 Rammel. That's Yorkshire for rubbish.
1977 J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) viii. 105 The handler two stations down had a Yorkshire with a touch-up.
1977 S. Wales Guardian 27 Oct. 5/3 Oh the joy of digging into tender roast beef and Yorkshire!
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > [adjective] > of or supporting House of York or Lancaster
Yorkish1548
Yorkshire1643
York1759
Yorkist1823
Lancastrian1828
1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 82 All the enemies of the Yorkshire Faction are assembled by the Queene at Greenwich.
1792 E. Spelman & Lemon Hist. Civ. Wars 125 The earl of Warwick..came over to England, in order to put himself at the head of the Yorkshire insurgents.
Compounds
C1. Applied to things originating in or cultivated especially in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire ale n.
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1683 G. Meriton (title) The Praise of York-shire Ale.
Yorkshire bond n.
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1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Yorkshire bond, or flying, or garden wall, bond, is chiefly used in building garden walls, one brick thick; the face shows three or four stretchers to one header; or five courses of stretchers to one of headers.
Yorkshire cabbage n.
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the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > cabbage or kale > [noun] > cabbage > other types of cabbage
brisoka1340
rape-cole1597
loaf-cabbage1727
sugar-loaf1766
drumhead1783
sugar-loaf cabbage1786
Yorkshire cabbage1786
York1823
Tom Thumb1847
cut-and-come-again1888
the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > cabbage or kale > cabbage > types of > other types of cabbage
red coleOE
brisoka1340
red colewort?a1500
rape-cole1597
red cabbage1597
loaf-cabbage1727
sugar-loaf1766
drumhead1783
sugar-loaf cabbage1786
Yorkshire cabbage1786
York1823
palm-kale1853
Scotch curlies1855
thousand-head kale1887
cut-and-come-again1888
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 228 Cabbage seed..some early dwarf sorts, early Yorkshire.
Yorkshire cement n.
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1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Yorkshire cement, the same as Mulgrave, Whitby, or Atkinson's cement.
Yorkshire cord n.
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1849 H. W. Herbert Frank Forester I. 3 A pair of most voluminous unmentionables, of thick Yorkshire cord.
Yorkshire drab n.
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1810 Sporting Mag. 36 240 A driving coat of Yorkshire drab.
Yorkshire fat n. (see quot. 1884).
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1884 A. Watt Soap-making 28 Recovered grease, or Yorkshire fat, is obtained from the suds and washing waters of the fulling mills. It is of a brown colour, of disagreeable odour, and of a sticky consistence.
Yorkshire fustian n.
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1612 Bk. Customs & Valuation in A. Halyburton Ledger (1867) 308 Yorkshyre or Northern fusteanes.
Yorkshire gray n.
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1679 Tryals & Condemnation Jesuits 83 In Gray Cloaths, a Gray Coat like a Shepherds Coat, a Yorkshire-Gray.
Yorkshire grit n. (grit n.1 2).
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1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) (at cited word) Yorkshire stone or Grit, is a name sometimes given to Bramley Fall stone; it is one of the most general of the sandstones sent to London, and is used for paving, copings, and other rough work.
Yorkshire ham n.
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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > pork > [noun] > ham
gammon?1521
skink1630
ham1650
schinkel1654
jambon1655
bacon-ham1796
schinken1848
Yorkshire ham1849
prosciutto crudo1855
picnic ham1890
prosciutto1891
York ham1897
Bradenham1906
short-cut1906
Prague ham1909
picnic1910
Parma ham1937
Black Forest1961
1849 H. W. Herbert Frank Forester III. 144 There was a Yorkshire ham, which had not suffered so deeply by the last night's onslaught.
Yorkshire kidney n.
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1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 639 The red-nosed kidney and the white Yorkshire kidney.
Yorkshire light n.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > sash window
sash window1686
sash light1700
window sash1703
sash-casement1759
sashed window1816
Yorkshire light1892
guillotine-window1898
1892 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Yorkshire light, a term used in Lancashire, for a sliding sash.
Yorkshire maiden n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > washing-machine
Yorkshire maiden1752
washing-machinec1754
washer1884
1752 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 32/2 A Machine for washing of Linnen, called a Yorkshire Maiden.
Yorkshire mile n.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > mile > a long mile
Welsh milea1500
Robin Hood's mile1559
Yorkshire mile1710
1710 E. Ward Life Don Quixote i. iii. 44 Not caring to perform much more Than one good Yorkshire Mile an Hour.
1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) Yerksheer mile, a long distance.
Yorkshire pie n.
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1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vii. 61 A young servant girl brought in a Yorkshire pie.
1894 T. F. Garrett & W. A. Rawson Encycl. Pract. Cookery II. 803/1 Yorkshire Pie. A pie under this name sold at Italian warehouses is nothing more than a galantine packed in terrines of different sizes.
Yorkshire plough n.
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1794 T. Wedge Gen. View Agric. Chester 23 The Rotherham or Yorkshire plough.
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Yorkshire sanicle n. (sanicle n. 2).
Yorkshire shoe n.
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1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer II. vii. 19 One Tychius who dwelt in Hyle, Where Yorkshire shoes are made most vilely.
Yorkshire stone n.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > building stone > other types of building stone
rag1313
mould-stone1353
Caen-stone1421
ornel1432
Yorkshire stone1569
Portland stone1633
bluestone1709
fieldstone1797
whitbed1812
water stone1815
cabook1834
chimney rock1847
Ham Hill stone1889
1569 in W. P. Baildon Black Bks. (Rec. Soc. Lincoln's Inn) (1897) I. 449 For vj fote of Yorkeshere stone for bassys of dorys.
Yorkshire tyke n. (tyke n. 3).
Yorkshire white n. (also Yorkshire whites)
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Yorkshire chair n. a type of 17th-century upright chair, usually distinguished by an open backrest and arched cross-rails.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > chair > [noun] > other chairs
farthingale chair1552
side chair1582
high chair1609
scroll chair1614
Turkey chair1683
curule chair1695
reading chair1745
rush-bottom1754
conversation-chair1793
Windsor tub1800
Trafalgar chair1808
beehive-chair1816
nursing chair1826
Hitchcockc1828
toilet seat1829
kangaroo1834
prie-dieu1838
tub-chair1839
barrel-chair1850
Cromwell chair1868
office chair1874
swivel-chair1885
steamer-chair1886
suggan chair1888
lawn chair1895
saddle seat1895
Bombay chair1896
veranda-chair1902
X chair1904
Yorkshire chair1906
three legs and a swinger1916
saddlebag1919
riempie stool1933
gaspipe chair1934
slipper chair1938
Eames chair1946
contour chair1948
sling-back1948
sling chair1957
booster chair1960
booster seat1967
beanbag1969
sack chair1970
papasan1980
Muskoka chair1987
1900 E. Singleton Furnit. of Forefathers I. i. 46 There were not so many kinds of single chairs in the seventeenth century... There were two very favourite patterns, the Derbyshire and the Yorkshire... The Yorkshire model..is rather more ornamental.]
1906 W. E. Mallett Introd. Old Eng. Furnit. 20 A solid oak chair of the Stuart period. These are often called Yorkshire chairs.
1976 Southern Evening Echo (Southampton) 12 Nov. (Advt. Suppl.) 19/3 4 Yorkshire chairs and 1 carver, £300.
Yorkshire fog n. [fog n.1] a perennial greyish-green grass, Holcus lanatus, bearing pale green or purplish panicles.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > holcus grasses
holcus1771
white grass1780
hose-grass1811
whin-wrack1853
velvet-grass1856
Yorkshire fog1874
1874 C. C. Babington Man. Brit. Bot. (ed. 7) 419 H[olcus] lanatus... Meadows and pastures... Yorkshire Fog.
1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 237 ‘Yorkshire Fog’ is generally regarded as a weed, but when young it has some value for grazing.
1977 New Yorker 8 Aug. 58/3 The fairways were edged by the wispiest kind of rough—a thin, random collection of fescue, buttercups, plantain shoreweed, Yorkshire fog, dandelions, and assorted other weeds, grasses and wild flowers.
Yorkshire pud n. colloquial = Yorkshire pudding n.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > batter-puddings
Yorkshire pudding1747
batter pudding1769
blackcap pudding1842
puffet1860
Yorkshire1898
Yorkshire pud1975
1975 New Society 21 Aug. 411/2 The roast beef and Yorkshire pud dinners provided on Sundays.
1976 C. Bermant Coming Home ii. iv. 169 I was given roast beef and Yorkshire pud.
Yorkshire pudding n. a batter-pudding originally baked under meat, now usually cooked and served as a separate item to accompany roast beef.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > puddings > [noun] > batter-puddings
Yorkshire pudding1747
batter pudding1769
blackcap pudding1842
puffet1860
Yorkshire1898
Yorkshire pud1975
1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vi. 69 A Yorkshire Pudding. Take a Quart of Milk, four Eggs,..make it up into a thick Batter with Flour, like a Pancake Batter.
1832 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) I. v. 272 They feed me on roast-beef and Yorkshire pudding.
1836 C. Hooton Adventures Bilberry Thurland I. vii. 140 At the bottom of all..lay about half an acre of sad and heavy Yorkshire pudding, like a leaden pancake.
Yorkshire Relish n. the proprietary name of a kind of savoury sauce.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sauce or dressing > [noun] > other sauces
galantine1304
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egerdouce1381
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camelinea1425
chawdronc1440
saffron sauce?a1505
sibber-sauce1556
ferry?1570
oxoleum1574
slabber-sauce1574
saupiquet1656
slapsauce1708
brown sauce1723
bread sauce1727
custard1747
bechamel1789
caper-sauce1791
tomato sauce1804
custard cream1805
allemande1806
sambal1815
Reading sauce1816
Harvey's Sauce1818
velouté sauce1830
suprême sauce1833
parsley sauce1836
agrodolce1838
Worcestershire sauce1843
espagnole1845
pestoa1848
cheese sauce1854
nam prik1857
Worcester sauce1863
Béarnaise sauce1868
Béarnaise1877
Yorkshire Relish1877
sauce mousseline1892
velvet sauce1893
gribiche1897
mornay sauce1900
sugo1906
sofrito1913
chile con queso1916
foo yung1917
marinara1932
pistou1951
hoisin1957
salsa verde1957
pico de gallo1958
sriracha1959
carbonara1962
amatriciana1963
arrabbiata1963
ponzu1966
puttanesca1971
chermoula1974
tikka masala1975
mojo1983
queso1989
1877 Trade Marks Jrnl. 13 Jan. 78 Yorkshire Relish... William Powell, of..the firm of Goodall Backhouse and Co., Leeds..; drysalters and general merchants.
1881 Cassell's Family Mag. Dec. 46/1 And two table-spoonfuls of Yorkshire Relish.
1926 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 17 Jan. 7/7 (advt.) Genuine Yorkshire Relish.
Yorkshire teacake n. a kind of baked yeast teacake occasionally made with currants or sultanas.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > bun > [noun]
bun1371
wig1376
barley-bun1552
simnel cake1699
simlin1701
muffin1703
Chelsea bun1711
cross-bun1733
hot cross bun1733
penny bun1777
Sally Lunn1780
huffkin1790
Bath-bun1801
teacake1832
English muffin1842
saffron bun1852
Belgian bun1854
Valentine-bun1854
cinnamon roll1872
lunn1874
Yorkshire teacake1877
barmbrack1878
cinnamon bun1879
sticky bun1880
pan dulce1882
schnecke1899
wad1919
tabnab1933
1877 Cassell's Dict. Cookery 1157/2 Yorkshire tea-cakes... Two pounds of good flour;..an ounce of German yeast..two well-beaten eggs and six ounces of butter... Leave it in a warm place to rise... Divide it into ten portions.
1945 ‘R. Crompton’ William & Brains Trust v. 84 One of his happiest memories was the Yorkshire tea cakes that his mother used to make.
1977 E. David Eng. Bread & Yeast Cookery 488 The following nineteenth-century recipe for plain Yorkshire tea cakes comes from..Marcus Woodward.
Yorkshire terrier n. a small, long-coated, tan and blue-grey terrier belonging to a breed developed in the West Riding of Yorkshire about 1870.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > Yorkshire terrier
Yorkshire terrier1872
Yorkshire1922
Yorkie1950
1871 R. Pearson in Field 13 May 386/2 Some friends of mine in Yorkshire wish me to put a matter right in connection with dog shows, namely, the classification of a breed of dogs they claim as of Yorkshire origin—those beautiful blue and tan long-haired terriers, now sometimes entered in the Scotch and broken-haired, also rough-haired terrier classes. They with myself think it would much simplify the matter by calling them the ‘Yorkshire blue and tan long-haired terrier’.]
1872 ‘Stonehenge’ Dogs Brit. Islands (ed. 2) v. 108 The silver-grey Yorkshire terrier is not a distinct breed, being merely a paler variety of the blue-tan.
1922 D. Matheson Terriers i. 188 Yorkshire Terriers are hardy, game little dogs.
1959 Observer 1 Feb. 12 Yorkshire Terrier. Coat should hang straight and evenly down each side.
1971 Country Life 6 May 1098/3 Mrs. Huxham makes it clear..how much pleasure and entertainment she gets from her gay little Yorkshire terriers.
Derivatives
ˈYorkshiredom n. the character of a Yorkshireman.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > astuteness
yepshipc1000
yepleȝȝcc1175
yephedea1250
slyness1357
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policyc1440
far-castc1540
fineness1546
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shrewdnessa1616
arguteness1662
cuteness1768
smartness1800
astucity1837
astuteness1843
Yorkshiredom1849
flyness1888
shrewd1977
sus1979
1849 Athenæum 7 Apr. 356/2 Tim Matlock..who keeps his ‘canny Yorkshire-dom’ intact even on Jonathan's hunting-ground.
ˈYorkshirism n. (also ˈYorkshireism) an action or expression characteristic of a Yorkshireman.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Germanic > English > British English > idiom of
Londonism1803
cockneyism1804
Englishism1804
Suffolkism1823
Borderism1839
Northumbrianism1845
Yorkshirism1849
Brummagism1858
southernism1920
northernism1942
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of England > north of England > Yorkshire > characteristic of
Yorkshirism1849
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. vii. 163 Mr. Hall's sincere friendly homily, with all its racy Yorkshireisms.
1962 P. Bentley ‘O Dreams, O Destinations’ iv. 56 Her voice was pleasant, quite devoid of Yorkshirisms.
1971 J. Wainwright Dig Grave 128 ‘Aye.’ The open-vowelled Yorkshirism was heavy with self-disgust.
Draft additions 1993
Also of a person: originating from Yorkshire (see also Yorkshireman n.); owning allegiance to Yorkshire. Now also as predicative.adj.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > British nation > English nation > [adjective] > north > Yorkshire
Yorkshire1880
1880 A. J. Munby Dorothy p. xvi The two Yorkshire girls were..both..excellent ploughwomen.
1962 J. Braine Life at Top iv. 68 My own voice, thicker and more Yorkshire than I'd imagined it.
1968 Guardian 26 Mar. 5/3 Lady Inglefield said she was Yorkshire.
1970 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. (Colour Suppl.) 15/1 As Yorkshire as they come, Tom is an extrovert, always plenty to say and a smile as wide as the Ribble Valley.
1982 J. Wainwright Distaff Factor 45 Bill Dreever was Yorkshire, militantly Yorkshire.
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