yorkshire

Speech parts

1. yorkshire - Noun

2. Yorkshire - Proper noun

Meaning

A county in the north of England.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

shire socialist yorker North Yorkshire tyke york Yorke Warwickshire Derbyshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire Yorkie Yorkshire Dales Yorkshireman
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Phrases with the word

yorkshire river yorkshire arrow yorkshire bill yorkshire dresser Yorkshire mixture

Examples

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was actually twelve miles from a lemon. Sydney Smith

And roast beef and Yorkshire pudding is my personal signature dish. Ben Elton

My cousin fancies you are an idiot. There you experience the consequence of scorning "book larning," as you would say. Have you noticed, Catherine, his frightful Yorkshire pronunciation? Emily Brontë

We just thought people in Yorkshire hated everyone else, we didn't realise they hated each other so much. David Cameron

Their oldest child, James, had spoken laughingly about Will's unrelenting fear of ducks and his continual battle to keep them out of the pond at the family home in Yorkshire. Cassandra Clare

Yorkshire born and Yorkshire bred, strong in the arm and weak in the head. German Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Yorkism Yorkist Yorks yorkshire arrow Yorkshire assimilation yorkshire bill