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单词 north-of-england
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North-of-Englandadj.

Brit. /ˌnɔːθ əv ˈɪŋɡlənd/, U.S. /ˌnɔrθ əv ˈɪŋ(ɡ)lən(d)/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with English elements. Etymons: north n., of prep., proper name England.
Etymology: < north n. + of prep. + the name of England (see England n.).
attributive. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the north of England.
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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).
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