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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

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

Two boys on bicycles meandered along a Dorsetshire lane.

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

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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