Dorsetshire [dawr-sit-sheer, -sher] Examples noun
- a county in S England. 1024 sq. mi. (2650 sq. km).
Also called Dorset. Examples from the Web for dorsetshire Historical Examples of dorsetshire
My father brought the wainscoting from an old English country-house in Dorsetshire.
Latta Griswold
Crichel is situated six miles from Wimborne, in Dorsetshire.
The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2
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When you spoke to Morrison of going home—he was from Dorsetshire—he shuddered.
Joseph Conrad
A few may be in Dorsetshire, but I should not like to bet on it.
P. G. Wodehouse
Dorsetshire and Huntingdonshire were animated by the same spirit.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.
Thomas Babington Macaulay