Dorsetshire
Americannoun
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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
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
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Two boys on bicycles meandered along a Dorsetshire lane.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
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And at Sherborne, in Dorsetshire, dated 1652, a bell piously says— Lord, quench this furious flame, Arise, run, help put out the same.
From Curious Church Customs and Cognate Subjects by Andrews, William
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