rural district

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noun

(in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and Northern Ireland from 1898 to 1973) a rural division of a county

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Words nearby rural district

ruptured duck, rural, rural dean, rural delivery, rural delivery service, rural district, rural free delivery, rurality, ruralize, rural municipality, rural route

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How to use rural district in a sentence

These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.
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So, in an unusual order (PDF) issued on New Years Day, District Judge Robert Hinkle clarified the issue.
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It cost several thousand dollars and a high-powered former district attorney to get the charges dropped.
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For the first time in American history, rural America has been losing population.
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In the weeks following the Sept. 9, car bombing at the Iranian base, Iran raided a village in the Pakistani district of Chagai.
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Thus far Boston banks have received more benefits from this bank than have the other banks in this district.
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There are many more good dwellings on this plain than in the rural portion of Lower Italy.
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The rebellion spread to their district, and many of the natives on and about the estate were eager to join in the movement.
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Some of the tribes inhabiting the district of the lower Amazon indulge in snuff-taking.
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It must have been incorporated under a special or general law of the State or district in which it is located.
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