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sheffield
/ˈʃɛfild/
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What does sheffield mean?
proper noun
- A city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.
- Ellipsis of University of Sheffield.
- A hamlet in Penzance parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4526).
More meanings (13)
proper noun
- A town in Kentish council area, Tasmania, Australia.
- A small village in Selwyn district, Canterbury, New Zealand.
- A city in Colbert County, Alabama.
- A village in Bureau County, Illinois.
- A city in Franklin County, Iowa.
- A town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
- A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Missouri.
- A village in Lorain County, Ohio.
- A census-designated place in Warren County, Pennsylvania.
- An unincorporated community in Pecos County, Texas.
- A town in Caledonia County, Vermont.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- (slang) knife, switchblade.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈʃɛfild/
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In Sheffield, no master cutler can have more than one apprentice at a time, by a bye-law of the corporation.
Paul said he would come for her on the fifth day, and stay also in Sheffield till the holiday was up.
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Not taking kindly to his step-father, the boy was sent to trade, and was first placed with a grocer in Sheffield.
He asked his relatives to plant a flower on a certain grave in a cemetery in Sheffield on the day of his execution.
A student told me that a beer wagon was engaged by the Seniors of Sheffield School of Yale for their wrestling match procession.