Cheshire
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How to use Cheshire in a sentence
Judging by the Cheshire grin across his face as he descended below the stage, Lamar knows the answer and is ready for the next question.
The second would be for a hospital facility fee, even though she and her son would be at home in Cheshire, Connecticut, and never set foot in any hospital-affiliated building.
Hospitals Are Actually Charging a ‘Facility Fee’ for Video Visits | Kaiser Health News | December 17, 2021 | The Daily BeastCheshire County Jail in Keene, N.H., looks more like a small college campus or a tech start-up than a house of detention.
‘Progressive Jail’ Is a 21st-Century Hell, Inmates Complain | Sarah Shourd | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPhone services at Cheshire are also outsourced to private companies.
‘Progressive Jail’ Is a 21st-Century Hell, Inmates Complain | Sarah Shourd | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCheshire is supposed to be a “short-term” facility, with 60 percent of its prisoners awaiting trial.
‘Progressive Jail’ Is a 21st-Century Hell, Inmates Complain | Sarah Shourd | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But at Cheshire, prisoners rarely, if ever, leave their pod.
‘Progressive Jail’ Is a 21st-Century Hell, Inmates Complain | Sarah Shourd | September 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn The Explorer Gene, science writer Tom Cheshire presents a fascinating cross-section of Piccard family history.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Dec. 2, 2013 | Mythili Rao and Thomas Flynn, Mythili Rao, Thomas Flynn | December 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA similar circumstance has occurred on the seashore at Hoy Lake, Cheshire, where several "fairy pipes" have been found.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.In Cheshire and Lancashire the word is in common use to this day, and invariably means starved for want of food.
Lancashire and Cheshire had benefited much by Irish yarn, 4,000 hands being employed in weaving it at Manchester alone.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellIn Cheshire, more time and attention is devoted to the perfect extraction of the whey than in almost any other district.
Domestic Animals | Richard L. AllenOne is irresistibly reminded of the Cheshire cat in Alice in Wonderland, whose smile remained long after the cat had vanished.
British Dictionary definitions for Cheshire (1 of 2)
/ (ˈtʃɛʃə, ˈtʃɛʃɪə) /
a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles): Abbreviation: Ches
British Dictionary definitions for Cheshire (2 of 2)
/ (ˈtʃɛʃə) /
Group Captain (Geoffrey) Leonard . 1917–92, British philanthropist: awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II; founded the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Disabled: married Sue, Baroness Ryder
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