manchester, n.Definitions

Manchester is as great a human exploit as Athens.

Manchester is the fairest, best buildid, quikkest and most populous toun of all Lancashire.

Manchester is, in the main, dull and workmanlike, the majority of its people live between the workshop, the racing columns of the newspapers, the organized banality of the music hall and the mean street.

Manchester is a city where it is desirable place to live if only because the transition between it and death would be unnoticeable.