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Lancs

British  
/ læŋks /

abbreviation

  1. Lancashire

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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His accent – could be Yorkshire, could be Lancs, almost certainly not Brummie, despite the real Miles having been born in Sutton Coldfield – is mined for comic effect.

From The Guardian Jan. 31, 2020

Just one brother, Len, who served in India and France with the Yorks and Lancs regiment, survived the war.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2017

I seem to remember David Lloyd wore glasses when he first played for Lancs.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2011

At the age of 11, Lewis's parents arranged for him to try for a place at the independent Chetham's school of music in Manchester, up the East Lancs Road.

From The Guardian Jan. 9, 2011

We got along very slowly; the North Lancs in front kept halting.

From At Ypres with Best-Dunkley by Floyd, Thomas Hope

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