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Blankshire

name

Etymology

From blank + shire.

  1. inherited from *kʷeys-✻ — “to heed; to see”
  2. inherited from *skīru✻ — “district; status of an official, office”
  3. inherited from sċīr — “administrative region under an alderman and sheriff, shire; district under a governor or official; status of an official, office”
  4. inherited from schire — “region, shire, county”
  5. compounded as blankshire — “blank + shire”

Definitions

  1. Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a British county.

    • "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.
    • That might, however, turn into, 'A senior officer today said that Blankshire District Council spends too much time and money in training'.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA