[shrop-sheer, -sher] 
| 1. | a former county in W England, now part of Salop. |
| 2. | one of an English breed of dark-faced sheep, yielding good mutton and white wool. |
| Shrop·shire 1 (shrŏp'shîr', -shər) A historical region of western England on the Welsh border. It was part of the kingdom of Mercia during Anglo-Saxon times. |
| Shrop·shire 2 (shrŏp'shîr', -shər, -shīr') n. A large hornless dark-faced sheep of a breed developed in Shropshire and raised for meat and wool. |
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