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Toryshire

Toryshire proper noun: those parts of the United Kingdom whose residents overwhelmingly vote for the Conservative Party.

Proper noun

Toryshire

  1. (UK, informal) Those parts of the United Kingdom whose residents overwhelmingly vote for the Conservative Party.

Origin of Toryshire

From Tory + -shire, as if the name of a county.

Questions about Toryshire

What does Toryshire mean?
Toryshire means those parts of the United Kingdom whose residents overwhelmingly vote for the Conservative Party.
What part of speech is Toryshire?
Toryshire is a proper noun.

Words near Toryshire in the dictionary

  1. toryized
  2. toryizes
  3. toryizing
  4. torymid
  5. torymids
  6. Toryshire
  7. Torzhok
  8. TOS
  9. tos and fros
  10. tosa
  11. Tosa Bay

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