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Dorsetshire

American  
[dawr-sit-sheer, -sher] / ˈdɔr sɪtˌʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

  1. a county in S England. 1,024 sq. mi. (2,650 sq. km).


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At the final whistle, British soldiers of the Dorsetshire Regiment rushed across the pitch and carried off the winning team shoulder-high.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 16, 2011

When the sun is shining, the action is further embellished with slashing swordplay, wild chases over fen and moor, and an Soft, descent into the deepest well in Dorsetshire.

From Time Magazine Archive

A prettily draped Dorsetshire study of has-beens and never-weres, a Chekhov-flavored and slightly watery custard, A Day by the Sea is often nicely written, sometimes neatly observed.

From Time Magazine Archive

From ship to ship the message passed, from the Rodney to the Nelson, the Hood, the Repulse, the York, Dorsetshire, Norfolk, Warspite and Malaya.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Dorsetshire the peasants were already rising, under the name of "Clubmen," to oppose the encroachments of both armies.

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Eva Scott

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