manchester

plural manchesters

1. obsoleteA type of cotton fabric, or a piece of clothing made from such fabric.First known use 16th–18th c.

   Betsy, as Muslin, had a very showy striped pink and white Manchester, pink shoes, red Ribbons in abundance and a short Apron.

   1777, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 76

2. AustraliaNew ZealanduncountableHousehold linen, especially as a category of goods in a store.First known use 20th c.

   David Jones says more than half-a-million shoppers will visit its four Victorian stores. The most popular items are Christmas decorations, women's shoes, men's shirts and manchester.

   2005 December 26, ABC, ABC News

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   My love of linen stems from two sources. My first proper job working in the manchester department at Target, where I learnt how to style a miniature bed into a showroom-worthy display.

   2025 January 3, Sarah Brookes, The Age

   The recent acquisition of online homewares and furniture retailer Mocka has fuelled a better-than-expected result at manchester merchant Adairs, with the company's shares soaring 7.9 per cent.

   2020 February 21, Dominic Powell, The Age

1. A major city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in northwestern England.

   In Manchester and in Aldershot in Hampshire, asylum seeker accommodation was targeted by demonstrators carrying placards that read “deport them, don’t support them” and “no apartments for illegals”.

   2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2024

2. broadlyGreater Manchester, the metropolitan county containing Manchester and surrounding towns.

   Metcalfe joined the Bible Christian Church at Salford, in Manchester, England, after having been a member of a Swedenborgian congregation.

   2010 September 16, Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz, Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 56

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   He could have stopped anywhere, but his father was born in a town called Wigan in Manchester, an area in the north of England, so it just resonated with him.

   2013 March 28, Richard Dunn, 04:15, BookCountry, →ISBN

3. A parish of Jamaica.

   The Manchester native is currently the only woman actively competing in Jamaican rally motorsport, having worked her way from marshalling and navigating to getting behind the wheel herself.

   2026 September 7, Wade Haye, “Meet T’sana “Winty Quinty” Wint, the Woman Shifting Gears in Jamaican Motorsport”, in Jamaicans.com, archived from the original on 09 Sep 2026

4. A town in Bolivia.
5. A small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. A settlement in Suriname.
7. Any of several towns and cities in the United States of America:
   1. A census-designated place in Mendocino County, California.
   2. A town in Hartford County, Connecticut.
   3. A city in Meriwether County and Talbot County, Georgia.
   4. A village in Scott County, Illinois.
   5. A township and census-designated place therein, in Dearborn County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporated community in Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana.
   7. A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Iowa.
   8. A tiny city in Dickinson County, Kansas.
   9. A home rule city, the county seat of Clay County, Kentucky.
   10. A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
   11. A small incorporated town in Carroll County, Maryland.
   12. A town in Essex County, Massachusetts, in full Manchester-by-the-Sea.
   13. A village in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
   14. A tiny city in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   15. A city in St. Louis County, Missouri.
   16. The largest city in New Hampshire, United States and one of the two county seats of Hillsborough County.
   17. A town and village in Ontario County, New York.
   18. A village in Adams County, Ohio.
   19. A town in Grant County, Oklahoma.
   20. A borough in York County, Pennsylvania.
   21. A neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
   22. A ghost town and former unincorporated community in Kingsbury County, South Dakota.
   23. A city, the county seat of Coffee County, Tennessee.
   24. A community in southeastern Houston, Texas.
   25. A town in Vermont, United States and one of the two shire towns of Bennington County.
   26. A former independent city in Chesterfield County, Virginia, now part of the city of Richmond.
   27. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Kitsap County, Washington.
   28. A town and unincorporated community in Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
   29. A town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
   30. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Manchester Township.
8. aircraftA type of twin-engined British bomber aircraft built by Avro during the Second World War, the forerunner to the Lancaster.
9. An English and Scottish surname.