The name of an English county: attrib. in Worcestershire sauce, which is made in Worcester (also ellipt. for this).
1686. Plot, Staffordsh., ii. § 107. Worcestershire Salts.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, X. iii. They found no fault with my Worcestershire Perry, which I sold them for champagne.
1870. Lowell, Study Wind. (1886), 22. A bottle of Worcestershire.
1889. G. Allen, Falling in Love, etc., 205. Mulligatawny soup, Worcestershire sauce, preserved ginger, hot pickles.
