Cambridge
[ˈkembrɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University.
(noun.) a city in Massachusetts just to the north of Boston; site of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Examples
- I wired to Cambridge to learn if anything had been heard of him there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I didn't think there was a soul in England who didn't know Godfrey Staunton, the crack three-quarter, Cambridge, Blackheath, and five Internationals. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As I said, I shall return from Cambridge in a fortnight: that space, then, is yet left you for reflection. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Your time in Cambridge will certainly be wasted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- When about twenty years of age, they commenced business at Cambridge as drapers, and they continued there until their death. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In 1639, nineteen years after the landing of the Pilgrims on the bleak rock at Plymouth, they set up a printing press at Cambridge, Mass. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Relief on the cover of the sarcophagus (at Cambridge). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The panic of 1837 closed the mills, and Howe found his course deflected to work in a machine-shop in Cambridge. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This Willoughby Smith has nothing against him, either as a boy at Uppingham or as a young man at Cambridge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes, I think we must run down to Cambridge together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then perhaps you will explain this receipted bill for thirteen guineas, paid by Mr. Godfrey Staunton last month to Dr. Leslie Armstrong, of Cambridge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He then learned that his wife was dying of consumption at Cambridge. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Universities of Cambridge and Oxford have adopted Mr. Cowper's machines for printing vast numbers of Bibles, prayer-books, &c. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He reached New York with only a few small coins in his pocket, and received word that his wife was lying desperately ill in Cambridge. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is to gain light upon the purpose of this telegram that we are now upon our way to Cambridge. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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