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lancashire
/ˈlæŋkəˌʃaɪɹ/
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What does lancashire mean?
noun
- A type of cheese made in Lancashire, England.
proper noun
- A maritime county in the north-west of England bordered by the Irish Sea, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Merseyside.
- An unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States.
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proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlæŋkəˌʃaɪɹ/
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A tropical sun is as efficient in making people lazy as a Lancashire foreman bully in making them energetic.
The high limestone mountains which part Lancashire and Yorkshire--the very chine and backbone of England--were once coral-reefs at the bottom of the sea.
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Old Lancashire friends made their way to us when "up in town," and expressed themselves delighted with our pleasant house and its beautiful surroundings.
And our Camden relates, that, in Lancashire, fishes were digged out of the earth with spades, where no water was near to the place.
In Lancashire also, Metcalf made a large extent of roads, which were of the greatest importance in opening up the resources of that county.