Essex
['esiks]
Definition
(noun.) a county in southeastern England on the North Sea and the Thames estuary.
Editor: Samantha--From WordNet
Examples
- It was midnight before I took him round to Essex Street, and saw him safely in at his own dark door. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The damage, however, beyond what could be repaired by a small expenditure of money, was slight, except to the Essex. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I first become aware of myself down in Essex, a thieving turnips for my living. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I make the arrest, replied the Knight--I, Henry Bohun, Earl of Essex, Lord High Constable of England. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- To test whether this could be done I boarded the gunboat Essex and requested Captain Wm. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Gallant Ivanhoe, said Essex, dost thou know our Master so well, and yet suspect him of taking so wise a precaution! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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