What does derbyshire neck mean?

derbyshire neck

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

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British usage; Archaic; Uncountable

"It is contained in a letter from near Wirksworth, in Derbyshire, of which the following is a copy:--Dear Sir, Idiotism and the Derbyshire neck prevail much in the small village of Ireton-wood, near to where I reside; there are very few females free from the full neck, and as many as seven or eight Idiots."

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