Cressy
[k'resɪ]
Definition
(a.) Abounding in cresses.
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Examples
- Mr Lightwood murmured 'Vigorous Saxon spirit--Mrs Boffin's ancestors--bowmen--Agincourt and Cressy. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On one day, September 22nd, 1914, they sank three powerful cruisers, the _Aboukir_, the _Hogue_, and the _Cressy_, with 1473 men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Story of Coal Mining An interesting story is told in an English book by Edward Cressy, of the great coal strike in 1912. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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