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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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Sir Lindsay was originally elected to Parliament as Labour MP for Chorley, Lancs, but the role of the Speaker is politically impartial.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024

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

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

Warrant Officer Class 2 David Markland, from Euxton, Lancs, died in a blast in the Nad Ali district on Monday.

From BBC ● Feb. 12, 2010

As soon as brigades were fitted out they lost no time in moving forward into the war zone, commencing with the Lancs.

From The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 by S. J. Wilson

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