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▪ I. Devonshire|ˈdɛvənʃə(r)|
= Devon; used attrib. to designate various articles produced or animals reared in Devonshire, or characteristic of Devonshire, as Devonshire cake, Devonshire cider, Devonshire pie, Devonshire pottery, Devonshire sheep, Devonshire tea; Devonshire cream (see cream n.2 1); Devonshire slipper (see quot. 1921); Devonshire wainscot, a species of moth, Leucania putrescens (see wainscot n. 4).
1747H. Glasse Art of Cookery viii. 72 A Devonshire squab-pye. 1791[see regale n.2 2]. 1807[see not a. and n. 3 a]. 1825H. Wilson Mem. III. 113 She gave us most excellent Devonshire cream, and hot Devonshire cakes. 1837Youatt Sheep vii. 253 The Devonshire notts, or polled sheep used, forty or fifty years ago, to be at least middle-woolled, if not short-woolled sheep. 1845Dodd Brit. Manuf. V. 176 Straw-plait... There are several descriptions of plait made in England— such as..the ‘Devonshire’. 1858Geo. Eliot Scenes Clerical Life I. 167 The respective merits of the Devonshire breed and the short-horns. 1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 57 Devonshire Slipper Maker. 1893Yonge & Coleridge Strolling Players xxxvi. 336 On the mantelpiece some Devonshire pottery. 1907R. South Moths Brit. Isles I. 310 The Devonshire Wainscot (Leucania (Cirphis) putrescens). So far as the British distribution of this species is known, it seems to be confined to the coasts of South Devon and South Wales. 1909Bradshaw's Railway Guide Apr. p. i (Advt.), Symons' prize medal Devonshire Cyder. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §344 Devonshire slipper maker; a brown saddler who makes the fitting known as a slipper for one type of lady's side saddle. 1928E. Waugh Decline & Fall ii. vi. 199 The sale of brass toasting forks, picture post-cards and ‘Devonshire teas’. 1959Listener 8 Oct. 599/2 Another tasty and satisfying dish is Devonshire pie. 1959R. D. Macleod Key to Names Brit. Butterflies & Moths 32/1 L[eucania] putrescens, Devonshire W[ainscot]. 1970D. Clark Sweet Poison i. 29 Devonshire ice cream. Devonshire cider—Devonshire everything.
▪ II. Devonshire, v.
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