Cambridgeshiren.
/ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒʃə/ 1. Cambridgeshire handicap n. (also Cambridgeshire handicap stakes) a horse race originated in 1839 and run annually at Newmarket (situated east of Cambridge): usually elliptically The Cambridgeshire.
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St. Leger1778
the Oaks1779
Goodwood Cup1829
Leger1832
Cesarewitch1839
Cambridgeshire handicap1840
Grand Prix de Paris1862
Grand National1863
classic1899
national1909
1840 J. C. Whyte Hist. Turf II. 482 The Cambridgeshire stakes.
1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 373/1 Cambridgeshire Course..1 mile 240 yards.
1891 G. Chetwynd Racing Reminisc. I. 10 The next day Vestminster won the Cambridgeshire.
1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves iv. 99 She married old Tom Travers the year Bluebottle won the Cambridgeshire.
2. Cambridgeshire nightingale n. the edible frog, Rana esculenta, which was introduced into East Anglia early in the nineteenth century.
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the world > animals > amphibians > order Anura or Salienta (frogs and toads) > [noun] > types of frog or toad > suborder Diplasiocoela > family Ranidae (common frogs) > rana esculenta (Cambridgeshire nightingale)
Cambridgeshire nightingale1844
1844 Zoologist 2 727 The croaking..being so loud and shrill, as to have obtained for these frogs the name of ‘Cambridgeshire nightingales’, and ‘Whaddon organs’!
1881 Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable (ed. 12) 615/2 Cambridgeshire nightingales, edible frogs.
1975 Country Life 20 Feb. 455/2 The lakes, canals and meres of East Anglia became well stocked with [edible] frogs... Locals called these invaders Cambridgeshire nightingales.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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