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- noun Plural form of
Cumbrian .
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Examples
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I think that Strathclyde probably just slowly moved away from the more Northern territories over time and thereby became a distinct entity and dialect (with it's own recorded kings), but to say that Ayrshire was part of a Pictish nation doesn't really make much more sense than saying that Pictland was a Cumbrian nation once (the early bishops of Glasgow called his congregation 'Cumbrians' because of their language and family links to earlier west coast britons, p-celtic speakers).
Pictish female names Carla 2010
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Lee Miller and a James Berrett penalty gave the Cumbrians breathing space before a second-half consolation from Lucas Akins.
League One round-up: Huddersfield win knocks Sheffield United off top 2011
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That was the only time I've played there and it was a nightmare, he said of the Cumbrians' 4-1 defeat.
Reject Ian Harte beating strongly as Reading push for Premier League 2011
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But as a friend of mine who supports the Cumbrians remarked the other day, their most famous player never actually belonged to the club.
Football's short-team loan system is in dire need of reformation | Richard Williams 2011
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The news was good: Mr. Boylan was crowned the winner, and fellow Cumbrians took silver and bronze.
Honestly, This Part of England Has the World's Biggest Liars Alistair MacDonald 2011
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Northumbria was once part of Scotland and, at the Battle of the Standard in 1138, Northumbrians and Cumbrians fought for the Scottish king against the northern English barons.
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That has exposed an ugly truth for Cumbrians: The best fibbers are increasingly coming from other parts of Britain, and even other parts of the world.
Honestly, This Part of England Has the World's Biggest Liars Alistair MacDonald 2011
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Northumbria was once part of Scotland and, at the Battle of the Standard in 1138, Northumbrians and Cumbrians fought for the Scottish king against the northern English barons.
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This year, six Cumbrians and five interlopers squared off in a region whose picturesque, hilly landscape inspired tales of talking rabbits from Beatrix Potter and opium-induced poetry from Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
Honestly, This Part of England Has the World's Biggest Liars Alistair MacDonald 2011
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"I suspect that nearly every one of you knew at least one person who was killed," said the Reverend Richard Teal in an address that praised "the resilience and strength of west Cumbrians".
Cumbria shootings: Community gathers to mourn its dead Helen Pidd in Seascale 2010
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