Wirralian

noun, adj — 2 senses

Wirralian

noun

Etymology From Wirral + -ian.

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:

Wirralian

adj

Etymology From Wirral + -ian.

1

From or pertaining to the Wirral peninsula.

  • 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:
  • 2008 June 2, Stephen Baxter, A personal reflection on a Wirralian life, Liverpool Daily Post

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