Blankshire
English
Etymology
blank + shire
Proper noun
Blankshire
- (chiefly dated) Used as an anonymous placeholder for the name of a British county.
- 1878, John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond
- "Dooced good fishing in Blankshire," threw in Charlie Mayne.
- 1999, Mark Fletcher, Managing communication in local government, page 84:
- That might, however, turn into, 'A senior officer today said that Blankshire District Council spends too much time and money in training'.
- 1878, John Byrne Leicester Warren, Salvia Richmond
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