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Cheshire

[ chesh-er, -eer ]

noun

  1. Formerly Chester. a county in NW England. 899 sq. mi. (2,328 sq. km).
  2. a town in central Connecticut.
  3. Also called Cheshire cheese, a hard cheese, yellowish, orange, or white in color, made of cow's milk and similar to cheddar.


Cheshire

1

/ ˈtʃɛʃɪə; ˈʃɛʃə /

noun

  1. a former administrative county of NW England; administered since 2009 by the unitary authorities of Cheshire West and Chester, and Cheshire East: low-lying and undulating, bordering on the Pennines in the east; mainly agricultural: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Warrington and Halton, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998. Area 2077 sq km (802 sq miles) Ches
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Cheshire

2

/ ˈʃɛʃə /

noun

  1. Cheshire(Geoffrey) Leonard19171992MBritishPHILANTHROPY: philanthropistTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: airman Group Captain ( Geoffrey ) Leonard . 1917–92, British philanthropist: awarded the Victoria Cross in World War II; founded the Leonard Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Disabled: married Sue, Baroness Ryder
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The identity of AceProspect was revealed last week as Philip Waugh, from Warrington in Cheshire.

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The attention thrust on the Cheshire constituency of Runcorn and Helsby is a sign of the high stakes in this by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of the former Labour MP Mike Amesbury.

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He was handed a 10-week prison term after punching a constituent in Frodsham, Cheshire.

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The review said Jones was first arrested on 15 June 2020 after a vulnerable girl missing from the Cheshire area had reported meeting a much older man at Liverpool South Parkway railway station.

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The 16-year-old was stabbed 28 times by teenagers Scarlett Jenkinson - who also attended Birchwood Community High School - and Eddie Ratcliffe in a park near Warrington, Cheshire in February 2023.

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