Shropshire

[ shrop-sheer, -sher ]

/ ˈʃrɒp ʃɪər, -ʃər /

noun

a former county in W England, now part of Salop.

one of an English breed of dark-faced sheep, yielding good mutton and white wool.

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Example sentences from the Web for shropshire

As soon as you are over the bridge you are in shire Amwythig, which the Saxons call Shropshire.
Wild Wales|George Borrow
I'm afraid she'd find a Shropshire welcome rather chilly even after Cariboo.
Gold, Gold, in Cariboo!|Clive Phillipps-Wolley
Mr. Vane was a wealthy gentleman from Shropshire, whom business had called to London four months ago, and now pleasure detained.
Peg Woffington|Charles Reade
More virtue never existed in their favourite Shepherdesses than in these Welsh and Shropshire girls!
A Morning's Walk from London to Kew|Richard Phillips

He makes less fuss about it than I do about going to Shropshire.
Letters of Edward FitzGerald|Edward FitzGerald

British Dictionary definitions for shropshire

Shropshire

/ (ˈʃrɒpˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

a county of W central England: Telford and Wrekin became an independent unitary authority in 1998, and the remaining county of Shropshire became a unitary authority in 2009; mainly agricultural. Administrative centre: Shrewsbury. Pop (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 286 700 (2003 est). Area (excluding Telford and Wrekin): 3201 sq km (1236 sq miles)

a breed of medium-sized sheep having a dense fleece, originating from Shropshire and Staffordshire, England

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