Thorpe
[θɔ:p]
Definition
(n.) A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe.
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Examples
- We are going to Riding Thorpe Manor, said he, but we have heard nothing of what has passed there. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That's Riding Thorpe Manor, said he. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That is what Mr. Hilton Cubitt, of Riding Thorpe Manor, Norfolk, is very anxious to know. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
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