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Midlands Noun the Midlands the central counties of England Adjective of, in, or from the central counties of England: a Midlands engineering firm
 Translations Midlands [ˈmɪdləndz] npl → región central de Inglaterra Midlands [ˈmɪdləndz] npl → comtés du centre de l'Angleterre Midlands [ˈmɪdləndz] (Brit) npl the Midlands → Mittelengland nt Midlands [ˈmɪdləndz] npl → contee del centro dell'Inghilterra |
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He had been on a tea plantation in Ceylon and a traveller in America for Italian wines; his secretaryship of the water company in Toledo had lasted longer than any of his employments; he had been a journalist and for some time had worked as police-court reporter for an evening paper; he had been sub-editor of a paper in the Midlands and editor of another on the Riviera. Lord Camperdown was down in the Midlands for a day's hunting, and Helene had ensured their seclusion from any one who might drop in by a whispered word to the hail porter as they passed into the house. The four on this side are all workers, three of them in the service of the bailiff of Sir Baldwin Redvers, and the other, he with the sheepskin, is, as I hear, a villein from the midlands who hath run from his master. |
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