Bristol
['brɪstl]
Definition
(noun.) an industrial city and port in southwestern England near the mouth of the River Avon.
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Definition
(n.) A seaport city in the west of England.
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Examples
- I wired to Bristol for it last night. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Oh, the aunt's is in Bristol, is it? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage was at first very prosperous. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- In 1636 the pinmakers of London formed a corporation and established the industry of Bristol and Birmingham. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had a weekly allowance, from the society, of a vessel filled with human ordure, about the bigness of a Bristol barrel. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- The rich brother-in-law near Bristol was the pride of the alliance, and his place and his carriages were the pride of him. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It was with his barmaid wife that he had spent the last three days in Bristol, and his father did not know where he was. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The express train runs from London to Bristol, a distance of 120 miles, in less than three hours. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- On this interesting branch Mr. Davy (lat of Bristol) gave the first lecture on the 25th of April. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Many a time has Selina said, when she has been going to Bristol, 'I really cannot get this girl to move from the house. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Why, then,' said the medical gentleman, 'there are hopes for me yet; I may attend half the old women in Bristol, if I've decent luck. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- A literary man to whom he was introduced shortly after his arrival in Bristol spoke of the intellectual character of the young man's face. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thousands of people perished at Norwich, while in Bristol the living were hardly able to bury the dead. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have got one four-ounce bottle that's been to half the houses in Bristol, and hasn't done yet. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the mean time Davy had been chosen superintendent of the Pneumatic Institution at Bristol by Dr. Beddoes, ts founder. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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