Melbourne
['mɛlbən]
Definition
(noun.) the capital of Victoria state and 2nd largest Australian city; a financial and commercial center.
(noun.) a resort town in east central Florida.
Typed by Annette--From WordNet
Examples
- Crossing the Steyne I met Lord Melbourne, who joined me immediately. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Lord Melbourne, his father, was a good man. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Handsome, clever, young, a great plenipo, and the recorded son of the Earl of Melbourne! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Fred, my boy, said Lord Melbourne, I'll leave you two together, and I fancy you'll find Miss Wilson more reasonable. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- One day a gold convoy came down from Ballarat to Melbourne, and we lay in wait for it and attacked it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The pretty Miss Mansfield has already received the congratulatory visits on her approaching marriage with a young Englishman, John Melbourne, Esq. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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