Shropshire

[ shrop-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈʃrɒp ʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

a former county in W England, now part of Salop.

one of an English breed of dark-faced sheep, yielding good mutton and white wool.

Words nearby Shropshire

shrivel, shriven, Shriver, shroff, shroom, Shropshire, shroud, shroud-laid, Shroud of Turin, shrove, Shrove Monday

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Example sentences from the Web for Shropshire

As soon as you are over the bridge you are in shire Amwythig, which the Saxons call Shropshire.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
I'm afraid she'd find a Shropshire welcome rather chilly even after Cariboo.
Gold, Gold, in Cariboo!|Clive Phillipps-Wolley
Mr. Vane was a wealthy gentleman from Shropshire, whom business had called to London four months ago, and now pleasure detained.
Peg Woffington|Charles Reade
More virtue never existed in their favourite Shepherdesses than in these Welsh and Shropshire girls!
A Morning's Walk from London to Kew|Richard Phillips

He makes less fuss about it than I do about going to Shropshire.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald|Edward FitzGerald

British Dictionary definitions for Shropshire

Shropshire

/ (ˈʃrɒpˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a county of W central England: Telford and Wrekin became an independent unitary authority in 1998, and the remaining county of Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Shrewsbury. Pop (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 286 700 (2003 est). Area (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 3201 sq km (1236 sq miles)

a breed of medium-sized sheep having a dense fleece, originating from Shropshire and Staffordshire, England

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单词	shropshire
释义	Shropshire [ shrop-sheer, -sher ] / ˈʃrɒp ʃɪər, -ʃər / noun a former county in W England, now part of Salop. one of an English breed of dark-faced sheep, yielding good mutton and white wool. Words nearby Shropshire shrivel, shriven, Shriver, shroff, shroom, Shropshire, shroud, shroud-laid, Shroud of Turin, shrove, Shrove Monday Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for Shropshire As soon as you are over the bridge you are in shire Amwythig, which the Saxons call Shropshire. Wild Wales\|George Borrow I'm afraid she'd find a Shropshire welcome rather chilly even after Cariboo. Gold, Gold, in Cariboo!\|Clive Phillipps-Wolley Mr. Vane was a wealthy gentleman from Shropshire, whom business had called to London four months ago, and now pleasure detained. Peg Woffington\|Charles Reade More virtue never existed in their favourite Shepherdesses than in these Welsh and Shropshire girls! A Morning's Walk from London to Kew\|Richard Phillips He makes less fuss about it than I do about going to Shropshire. Letters of Edward FitzGerald\|Edward FitzGerald British Dictionary definitions for Shropshire Shropshire / (ˈʃrɒpˌʃɪə, -ʃə) / noun a county of W central England: Telford and Wrekin became an independent unitary authority in 1998, and the remaining county of Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Shrewsbury. Pop (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 286 700 (2003 est). Area (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 3201 sq km (1236 sq miles) a breed of medium-sized sheep having a dense fleece, originating from Shropshire and Staffordshire, England 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
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