Flintshire

[flint-sheer, -sher]

noun

a historic county in Clwyd, in NE Wales.

Also called Flint.

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Historical Examples of flintshire

He was born at Gredington, Flintshire, on the 5th of October 1732.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 7
Various
It has been recorded from Pembrokeshire and Flintshire, in Wales.
The Moths of the British Isles, Second Series
Richard South
Being a younger son, he was apprenticed by his father, who was a respectable freeholder, to a tanner in Flintshire.
A Biographical Sketch of some of the Most Eminent Individuals which the Principality of Wales has produced since the Reformation
Robert Williams
There is no disturbing renown to be got among the cabins of the Flintshire hills.
The Colour of Life
Alice Meynell
Of the 2000 operatives whose location is not given, about 1000 worked in Flintshire.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5
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British Dictionary definitions for flintshire

Flintshire

noun

a county of NE Wales, on the Irish Sea and the Dee estuary: became part of Clwyd in 1974, reinstated with reduced borders in 1996: includes the industrialized Deeside region in the E and the Clwydian Hills in the SW. Administrative centre: Mold. Pop: 149 400 (2003 est). Area: 437 sq km (169 sq miles)

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