Dene
[di:n]
Definition
n. a small valley.—n. Dene′-hole an ancient artificial excavation in the chalk formations of Kent and Essex.
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Examples
- This place, Deep Dene House, is a big modern villa of staring brick, standing back in its own grounds, with a laurel-clumped lawn in front of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A crowd of morbid sightseers were still gathered round Deep Dene House, which was just such a suburban villa as I had pictured. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. Oldacre is a bachelor, fifty-two years of age, and lives in Deep Dene House, at the Sydenham end of the road of that name. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
Typist: Owen