Covent
[kɔvәnt]
Definition
(n.) A convent or monastery.
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Definition
n. (Shak.) a convent.
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Examples
- We had a temporary lodging in Covent Garden. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I am going to breakfast with one of these fellows who is at the Piazza Hotel, in Covent Garden. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He had hired a lodging for the present in Covent Garden, and he took the nearest way to that quarter, by Snow Hill and Holborn. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Young Freeling was a gentleman, as far as grammar and eating with his fork went; and Fanny proposed our going to Covent Garden together that evening. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- His affections are, I believe, at this moment, divided between a Mrs. Bang, a Mrs. Patten and a Mrs. Pancrass, all ladies of Covent Garden notoriety. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- What were my feelings, when I recognized my own flowers; the identical Covent Garden Market purchase! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughton at Covent Garden. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I have been at Covent Garden, too, and there never was a more miserable business. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- And I, said Amy, want a box at Covent Garden on Monday. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Well, I got the two dozen from a salesman in Covent Garden. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- We passed across Holborn, down Endell Street, and so through a zigzag of slums to Covent Garden Market. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The stage-coach was to put us down near Covent Garden, where we were to take another stage-coach for Highgate. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I had been staying at a little hotel in Covent Garden called the Hummums! Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Do you remember one night when I came with Maggy to your lodging in Covent Garden? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was Covent Garden Theatre that I chose; and there, from the back of a centre box, I saw Julius Caesar and the new Pantomime. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- At six in the morning, I was in Covent Garden Market, buying a bouquet for Dora. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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