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york

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What does york mean?

verb

  1. to bowl a yorker at a batsman, especially to get a batsman out in this way.
  2. (slang) To vomit.

noun

  1. Short for York Imperial (“apple cultivar”).
More meanings (31)

proper noun

  1. A town and local government area (the Shire of York), in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.
  2. A coastal town in Sierra Leone.
  3. A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England.
  4. A hamlet in Billington and Langho parish, Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7033).
  5. A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
  6. A regional municipality of Ontario, Canada.
  7. A district and former municipality of Toronto, Canada.
  8. Former name of Toronto (used before 1834): a city in Ontario, Canada.
  9. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada.
  10. A community and rural municipality of Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
  11. A city in Sumter County, Alabama.
  12. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Illinois.
  13. An unincorporated community in Steuben County, Indiana.
  14. A town in York County, Maine.
  15. An unincorporated community in Atchison County, Missouri.
  16. A city, the county seat of York County, Nebraska.
  17. A town in Livingston County, New York.
  18. A tiny city in Benson County, North Dakota.
  19. An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Ohio.
  20. An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio.
  21. A city, the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania.
  22. A city, the county seat of York County, South Carolina.
  23. A small town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
  24. A small town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  25. A small town in Green County, Wisconsin.
  26. An unincorporated community in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  27. A number of townships in the United States, listed under York Township.
  28. Ellipsis of York County.
  29. The House of York, a dynasty of English kings and one of the opposing factions involved in the 15th century Wars of the Roses. The name comes from the fact that its members were descended from Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York; their symbol was a white rose.
  30. A royal dukedom traditionally given to the second son of the reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
  31. A habitational surname from Old English from the city or the county; See also Yorke.
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He saw with astonishment, as he put another lump of sugar into his cup, that this letter bore a New York postmark.
Willa CatherThe Song of the LarkProject Gutenberg ebook #44
So she sent to one of those New York homes for poor girls all the clothes she could spare—and more, most likely.
Mark TwainWhat Is Man? and Other EssaysProject Gutenberg ebook #70
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The delay of a single day would make him lose the steamer at New York, and his bet would be certainly lost.
Jules VerneAround the World in Eighty DaysTranslated by George M. (George Makepeace) TowleProject Gutenberg ebook #103
Four of them posted up from New York the morning after the fire, and all of the local people have been wonderful.
Jean WebsterDear EnemyProject Gutenberg ebook #238
She had started for New York, but the old gatekeeper at the station was mean and she could not slip by him.
William Healy; Mary Tenney HealyPathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forensic PsychologyProject Gutenberg ebook #449