Chester
['tʃestə]
Definition
(noun.) a city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia).
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Examples
- It shall be as you please, Mrs. Chester. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Mrs. Chester asked me if I would, and I offered to tend a table, as I have nothing but my time to give. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Wheatstone of England, Chester and Hamblet of America, and others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I arrived in New York on the City of Chester about five or six in the evening, and went direct to 65 Fifth Avenue. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the Misses Chester introduced parties, picnics, the opera, and the fashions. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- They would visit Chester, or Warwick, or Windsor _en route_--for they might not have a chance of seeing these celebrated places again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In 1733 Chester More Hall invented the achromatic object glass of crown and flint glass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I can do it, for I have May Chester as a model, and I'll improve upon her. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- George Stephenson began the line from Chester to Holyhead, which was completed by Robert. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I hate to be patronized, and the Chesters think it's a great favor to allow us to help with their highly connected fair. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It's for the freedmen as well as the Chesters, and I think it very kind of them to let me share the labor and the fun. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Now, Jo dear, the Chesters consider themselves very elegant people, so I want you to put on your best deportment. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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