Rutlandshire
[ ruht-luhnd-sheer, -sher ]
noun
a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- Also called Rutland.
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How to use Rutlandshire in a sentence
Truly a most small patch of Territory in comparison; not bigger than an English Rutlandshire, to say nothing of soil and climate!
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThis warlike prelate was in Rutlandshire when the news of the revolt came.
An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England | Edward Potts CheyneyIt reminds one of the old days when Yorkshire returned two members, and Rutlandshire two also.
North America, Volume II (of 2) | Anthony TrollopeYour Uncle Hubert once lost four thousand pounds over the Rutlandshire.
The Country House | John GalsworthyOne glimpse of it we get among the children of a squires family in Rutlandshire in the summer of 1661.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
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