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Wiltshire

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Wilt·shire  (wltshîr, -shr)
n.
A white sheep of a breed originating in England, characterized by a long head with spiraling horns.
[After Wiltshire, a county of south-central England.]
Wiltshire [ˈwɪltʃə -ˌʃɪə]
n
(Placename) a county of S England, consisting mainly of chalk uplands, with Salisbury Plain in the south and the Marlborough Downs in the north; prehistoric remains (at Stonehenge and Avebury): the geographical and ceremonial county includes Swindon unitary authority (established in 1997). Administrative centre: Trowbridge. Pop. (excluding Swindon): 432 973 (2001). Area (excluding Swindon): 3481 sq. km (1344 sq. miles)


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Three countrymen were pursuing a Wiltshire thief through Brentford.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
Allen, who owned the chief of the property about Fullerton, the village in Wiltshire where the Morlands lived, was ordered to Bath for the benefit of a gouty constitution -- and his lady, a good-humoured woman, fond of Miss Morland, and probably aware that if adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad, invited her to go with them.
Northanger Abbey by Austen, Jane View in context
Elton was still talking, still engaged in some interesting detail; and Emma experienced some disappointment when she found that he was only giving his fair companion an account of the yesterday's party at his friend Cole's, and that she was come in herself for the Stilton cheese, the north Wiltshire, the butter, the cellery, the beetroot, and all the dessert.
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