A man of Yorkshire.
1549. Thomas, Hist Italie, 3 b. Betwene the Florentine and Uenetian is great diuersitee in speeche, as with vs betwene a Londoner and a Yorkeshyreman.
1650. [see YORKSHIRE 2].
1752. Hume, Ess., Bal. Trade (1777), I. 332. A melancholy Yorkshireman.
1808. Scott, Marmion, V. xvii. Yorkshiremen are stern of mood. Ibid. (1820), Abbot, xvi. He was a bluff Yorkshireman.
1856. [H. H. Hall], Post & Paddock, i. The Yorkshiremen generally direct their attention to quick returns.
