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