Cheshire

American

[chesh-er, -eer] / ˈtʃɛʃ ər, -ɪər /

noun

Formerly Chester. a county in NW England. 899 sq. mi. (2,328 sq. km).
a town in central Connecticut.
Also called Cheshire cheese,. Also called Chester. a hard cheese, yellowish, orange, or white in color, made of cow's milk and similar to cheddar.

Cheshire ¹ British

/ ˈtʃɛʃɪə, ˈtʃɛʃə /

noun

Ches. 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)

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Cheshire ² British

/ ˈtʃɛʃə /

noun

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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Paul Donnelly is operator of Floating Holidays, based in nearby Middlewich, Cheshire, and said the area is a landmark destination.

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He also appears with White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood in BBC drama Film Club, which was filmed in Cheshire and Greater Manchester, and is also due to appear on the big screen as a young Heathcliff in Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights adaptation, with Australian stars Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi.

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Diageo's interim chief executive Nik Jhangiani said it would "help satisfy the growing demand from South Korean consumers" for Guinness, which is canned in Runcorn, Cheshire.

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"Songwriting was a kind of therapy for me, and I was writing about the things in my life which made me ecstatic, and also the things I really struggled with," the 33-year-old from Chelford, Cheshire, said.

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Jurors cleared Barton, now of Widnes, Cheshire, over the commentary analogy with the Wests but ruled the superimposed image was grossly offensive.

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