Home Counties
Britishplural noun
Example Sentences
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Growing maintenance costs, tax changes and workers returning to the office have forced sellers to cut prices on large, luxurious estates from the Cotswolds to the northern Home Counties.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A third tout - Jamal, who operates in the Home Counties - did not try to buy our login details but offered to sell us tests.
From BBC • Dec. 6, 2025
As the years passed for Mr McCarthy he "desperately thought of getting back to London, to the Home Counties, to family and friends".
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2023
They are now focusing their efforts on positioning themselves as the main challenger in Tory-held areas mostly, but not entirely, in the Home Counties and southern England.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023
The fair boy stopped and jerked his stockings with an automatic gesture that made the jungle seem for a moment like the Home Counties.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
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