单词 | north-of-england |
释义 | North-of-Englandadj. attributive. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the north of England. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] > districts of England Midlanda1475 western1545 west country1616 north country1673 North-of-England1816 south-eastern1857 down along1883 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. ii. 34 His father was a north-of-England gentleman. 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xii. 212 A North-of-England spirit, called a ‘Gytrash’; which..haunted solitary ways. 1907 F. E. E. Bell At Wks. vi. 127 Watching football matches, a comfortless thing enough to do in a North of England winter. 1973 J. Wainwright High-class Kill 221 North-of-England conformity——best-clothes-on-Sunday-speak-when-you're spoken-to. 1996 D. Benton Food for Thought viii. 153 Terry, a thin, unhealthy-looking 17-year-old, slouched into a North of England court. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1816 |
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