Norfolk
['nɔ:fək]
Definition
(noun.) port city located in southeastern Virginia on the Elizabeth River at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay; headquarters of the Atlantic fleet of the United States Navy.
Editor: Robert--From WordNet
Examples
- Norfolk was what he had mostly to talk of: there he had been some time, and everything there was rising in importance from his present schemes. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Then, havi ng inherited land in Berwickshire, he studied husbandry in Norfolk and took interest in the surface of the land and water-courses; later he pursued these studies in Flanders. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I am only a simple Norfolk squire, but there is not a man in England who ranks his family honour more highly than I do. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I expect that we shall be able to go down to Norfolk tomorrow, and to take our friend some very definite news as to the secret of his annoyance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Dear, dear, one of the oldest families in the county of Norfolk, and one of the most honoured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- From Bath, Norfolk, London, York, wherever I may be, said he; I will attend you from any place in England, at an hour's notice. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He introduced himself as Inspector Martin, of the Norfolk Constabulary, and he was considerably astonished when he heard the name of my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Put that clock aboard a ship an' pack it off to Norfolk Island, an' the time will go on just the same. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- That is what Mr. Hilton Cubitt, of Riding Thorpe Manor, Norfolk, is very anxious to know. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Tull's machines were much improved by James Cooke, a clergyman of Lancashire, England; and also in the last decade of the eighteenth century by Baldwin and Wells of Norfolk, England. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I at once came to Norfolk with my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, but, unhappily, only in time to find that the worst had already occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I have a great mind to go back into Norfolk directly, and put everything at once on such a footing as cannot be afterwards swerved from. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I have half an idea of going into Norfolk again soon. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I think you will fit up a theatre at your house in Norfolk. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- For her approbation, the particular reason of his going into Norfolk at all, at this unusual time of year, was given. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Typist: Vern