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Queen's County

British  

noun

  1. the former name of Laois

"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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On June 6, he ran his colt in Aqueduct’s Queen’s County Handicap despite a 132- pound impost.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Before I stop, I must tell you about a curious 'presentiment' which happened with regard to a man I got from the Queen's County.

From True Irish Ghost Stories by St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour

Upon returning to his constituents in Queen's County he was returned by acclamation.

From The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 by John Charles Dent

Coming by devious ways, for divers reasons; coming from all quarters by every medium; centering at last at the Queen's County Jockey Club.

From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by W. B. M. (William Blair Morton) Ferguson

We leave Baron’s Court in an hour for Dublin, whence I go on alone to-night into Queen’s County.

From Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) by William Henry Hurlbert

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