Gloucester
['glɔstə]
Definition
(noun.) a city in southwestern England in Gloucestershire on the Severn.
(noun.) a town in northeastern Massachusetts on Cape Ann to the northeast of Boston; the harbor has been a fishing center for centuries.
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Examples
- A man with the gout in his right hand--and everywhere else--can't expect to get through a Double Gloucester without hurting himself. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Pepper, 1 quart white Vinegar, 1 Gloucester Cheese, 1 keg containing 20 lbs. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Montagu, the relation of the lady in Gloucester Place, of chimney-sweeping notoriety, assisted to keep up the spirit of the dance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Pictorial Story Of The Fishing Industry [Illustration: FISHING COMING ABOARD HALIBUT FISHING ICED UP BAITING UP Six pictures by courtesy of Gloucester (Mass. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- But don't take Jemmy Taylor of Southwark, nor yet Jemmy Wood of Gloucester. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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