Margate
[mɑːgɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil.
Checked by Joseph--From WordNet
Examples
- I've been down to Margate since I seed you. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They were married last month, and are just come back from Margate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Margate packets were sailing every day, filled with men of fashion and ladies of note, on their way to Brussels and Ghent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Edited by Harold