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Worcestershire|ˈwʊstəʃə(r)|
The name of an English county: attrib. in Worcestershire sauce, which is made in Worcester (also ellipt. for this).
1686Plot Staffordsh. ii. §107 Worcestershire Salts. 1749Fielding Tom Jones x. iii, They found no fault with my Worcestershire Perry, which I sold them for champagne. 1843Naval & Military Gaz. 1 Apr. 208/2 (Advt.), Lea and Perrin's ‘Worcestershire Sauce’, prepared from a recipe of a nobleman in the county. 1870Lowell Study Wind. (1886) 22 A bottle of Worcestershire. 1889G. Allen Falling in Love, etc. 205 Mulligatawny soup, Worcestershire sauce, preserved ginger, hot pickles. |