Yorkshireman
(ˈjɔːkʃəmən)
A man of Yorkshire.
| 1549 Thomas Hist. Italie 3 b, Betwene the Florentine and Uenetian is great diuersitee in speeche, as with vs betwene a Londoner and a Yorkeshyreman. 1650 [see Yorkshire 2]. 1752 Hume Ess., Bal. Trade (1777) I. 332 A melancholy Yorkshireman. 1808 Scott Marm. v. xvii, Yorkshiremen are stern of mood. 1820 ― Abbot xvi, He was a bluff Yorkshireman. 1856 [H. H. Hall] Post & Paddock i, The Yorkshiremen generally direct their attention to quick returns. |