Dorsetshire

[ dawr-sit-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. a county in S England. 1,024 sq. mi. (2,650 sq. km).

Example Sentences

But the novel has evolved considerably since then and it hasn’t been thought necessary to assure us that Thomas Hardy based Jude the Obscure on a real Dorsetshire loser who wasn’t able to kill a pig.

From The Guardian

In 2006, Lyme Regis turned to France for sand to replace that washed away by the constant motion of the English Channel, the Dorsetshire resort’s burghers justifying the expense by claiming that Gallic sand grains were less easily washed away than Anglo-Saxon ones.

From The Guardian

Sgt Robert Rigler, 98, served with the Dorsetshire Regiment in France after D-day in 1944 and also earned a Mention in Despatches at Arnhem.

From BBC

Why did that Dorsetshire man stab himself with a dirk?

From Project Gutenberg

In Dorsetshire the peasants were already rising, under the name of "Clubmen," to oppose the encroachments of both armies.

From Project Gutenberg