English
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Etymology
[edit]From Nottingham + -shire.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈnɒt.ɪŋ.əm.ʃə(ɹ)/
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Proper noun
[edit]Nottinghamshire
- A north-midland county of England bordered by South Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
- "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin, "thou seemest happy this merry morn."
"Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher, "and why should I not be so? Am I not hale in wind and limb? Have I not the bonniest lass in all Nottinghamshire? And lastly, am I not to be married to her on Thursday next in sweet Locksley Town?"