Greenwich
['ɡri:nidʒ]
Definition
(noun.) a borough of Greater London on the Thames; zero degrees of longitude runs through Greenwich; time is measured relative to Greenwich Mean Time.
Edited by Donnie--From WordNet
Examples
- I had pulled down as far as Greenwich with the ebb tide, and had turned with the tide. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He pays their dinners at Greenwich, and they invite the company. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Now, the supervising dignitary, the Archbishop of Greenwich, knew this as well as if he had performed the nuptial ceremony. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At nine o'clock every night, Greenwich time, said Wemmick, the gun fires. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Were they expected at Greenwich? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- At one o’clock she cast off from her dock near the State’s Prison, in what was called Greenwich Village, on the North River. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Why--why, in short, continued Frederick--in short, shall I drive you down to Greenwich to dinner? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I'll tell Ma that you dined at Greenwich. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Is there no Chelsea or Greenwich for the old honest pimple-nosed coachmen? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- In 1833 through his influence the reduction of all the planetary observations made at Greenwich from 1750 was undertaken. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,' said the Irrepressible, flouncing at her father in handing him the evidence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Behold Bella and Pa aboard an early steamboat for Greenwich. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The newly-married pair left early, so that they might walk at leisure to their starting-place from London, for Greenwich. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- We saw Tilbury Fort, and remembered the Spanish armada; Gravesend, Woolwich, and Greenwich, places which I had heard of even in my country. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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