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  • proper noun A town in Surrey, England.

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Examples

  • Epsom is a pretty little town and the country round it open and flat; but 3 or four miles beyond it assumes a quite different aspect, becoming more hilly than I had ever before seen.

    Letter 106 2009

  • My wife is from County Meath but lives in Epsom, Surrey.

    What is Irish soda bread? | Baking Bites 2009

  • Sure West Ham had a bad day-bit like living in Epsom and having a pop at Croydon!

    I'm Not Mentioning Football Again. Ever. 2006

  • Such a story is one I stumbled on this week, concerning Venetia Phair (née Burney), an 87-year-old retired teacher who lives in Epsom, England.

    The little girl who named Pluto Edward Willett 2006

  • Such a story is one I stumbled on this week, concerning Venetia Phair (née Burney), an 87-year-old retired teacher who lives in Epsom, England.

    Archive 2006-07-23 Edward Willett 2006

  • Epsom is 15 miles from London, there are great curiosityes in cut hedges and trees almost before all doores.

    Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary 1888

  • Born in Epsom, Surrey, Norman Burrough is chairman of James Burrough Ltd. PLC, distillers of the famous Beefeater Gin.

    A Traditional English Family Company 1986

  • Three years ago I wrote a column about someone I was astonished I’d never heard of until that week: Venetia Phair (née Burney), at the time an 87-year-old retired schoolteacher in Epsom, England.

    R.I.P.: the girl who named Pluto ewillett 2009

  • The asterisks began to blink at the top right hand corner as the computer searched the tape, but at length it found "EPSOM", loaded the Epsom program, and announced READY.

    Twice shy Francis, Dick, 1920- 1981

  • With the speed of long dexterity he fed a tape into a cassette recorder and explained he was putting the machine to search for the file 'Epsom'.

    Twice shy Francis, Dick, 1920- 1981

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