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Lincolnshire

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Lincolnshire [ˈlɪŋkənˌʃɪə -ʃə]
n
(Placename) a county of E England, on the North Sea and the Wash: mostly low-lying and fertile, with fenland around the Wash and hills (the Lincoln Wolds) in the east; one of the main agricultural counties of Great Britain: the geographical and ceremonial county includes the unitary authorities of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire (both part of Humberside county from 1974 to 1996). Administrative centre: Lincoln. Pop. (excluding unitary authorities): 646 646 (2001). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 5880 sq. km (2270 sq. miles) Abbreviation Lincs
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Noun1.LincolnshireLincolnshire - an agricultural county of eastern England on the North Sea
England - a division of the United Kingdom


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Therefore my Lady Dedlock has come away from the place in Lincolnshire and has left it to the rain, and the crows, and the rabbits, and the deer, and the partridges and pheasants.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
She was the daughter of a clergyman, and it was with her father, the rector of a village in Lincolnshire, that Mr.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
When Little John reached the stand he found none fighting, but only bold Eric walking up and down the platform, swinging his staff and shouting lustily, "Now, who will come and strike a stroke for the lass he loves the best, with a good Lincolnshire yeoman?
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