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Wirralian en · ADJ

Etymology

From Wirral + -ian.

Meanings

1. From or pertaining to the Wirral peninsula.
   • 2008 June 2, Stephen Baxter, A personal reflection on a Wirralian life, Liverpool Daily Post
   • There is no place called Wirral: it is purely a hundred name. Undeniably the people of that part are a clique with a Wirralian outlook. 1938, Edmund Vale, How to see England, page 20:

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more Wirralian	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most Wirralian	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Wirralian en · NOUN

Etymology

From Wirral + -ian.

Meanings

1. An inhabitant of the Wirral peninsula.
   • You could put a Wirralian and a Boltonian in the same railway compartment and swear that they came from opposite poles of the old empire. 1970, The Bedside "Guardian", volume 19, page 195:
   • For the true Wirralian, his home is "over the water" from Liverpool and the rest of Merseyside. 1981, Kenneth Burnley, Portrait of Wirral, page 13:

Forms

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Wirralians	Number=Plur		lexicographic