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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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"Accent change is often like a puddle: it dries up in most places and leave remnants around the edges, hence why Cornwall and East Lancs behave similarly here today."

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2023

Police have implemented a number of road closures on the East Lancs Road and are urging motorists to avoid the area and those in the area to disperse.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2023

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

In the afternoon went ashore and inspected the Lancashire Brigade of the East Lancs.

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume I by Hamilton, Ian, Sir

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