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[ mid-l-seks ] / ˈmɪd lˌsɛks /
nouna former county in SE England, now part of Greater London. a borough in central New Jersey. Words nearby MiddlesexMiddlesborough, Middlesbrough, middle scalene muscle, middlescence, middle school, Middlesex, middle-sized, Middle States, Middle Stone Age, middle stump, middle supraclavicular nerve Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for MiddlesexAs a result Middlesex presents a view of history that is as determinative and linear as you will find in any Greek myth. American Dreams: “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides|Nathaniel Rich|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST In Middlesex history is not just determinative; it is also cyclical. American Dreams: “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides|Nathaniel Rich|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST Noël Coward was born in Teddington, Middlesex, his father an unsuccessful piano salesman. The Fabulous Coward|Michael Korda|November 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST In 2001, Arthur's wife and his girlfriend accidentally met while he was recovering from an appendectomy in Middlesex Hospital. Chile's Etiquette of Love|Tracy Quan|October 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Oxhey (2 miles S. from Watford) is a hamlet on the Middlesex border. Hertfordshire|Herbert W Tompkins The sheriffs also are sheriffs of the county of Middlesex as well as of London. London in 1731|Don Manoel Gonzales One of later date at Hendon, Middlesex, is also to be commended. In Search Of Gravestones Old And Curious|W.T. (William Thomas) Vincent Fortescue was then in February 1606 returned for Middlesex, which he represented till his death on the 23rd of December 1607. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various There is the place for him to go when he shall be weary of Middlesex and Homer. In the South Seas|Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for Middlesex
nouna former county of SE England: became mostly part of N and W Greater London in 1965Abbreviation: Middx Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |