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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of northern Germany on the Weser River southwest of Hanover. An ancient Saxon settlement, it is a manufacturing and tourist center famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

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  • noun a town in northern Germany (near Hanover) that is famous as the setting for the legend of the Pied Piper

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Examples

  • Just plunge a few among your shorter ornamental grasses - such as pennisetum 'Piglet' or 'Hameln' - and you'll be amazed each August at the glorious flowers.

    My Plant Safari Photos (at Sugar Creek) « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2009

  • It was made in 1880, for a special purpose, and occupied the whole of one number of the local paper of Hameln, which is a quaint townlet in

    Life of Robert Browning William Sharp 1880

  • Pennisetum alopecuroides "Hameln" sports the classic fountain shape of the species, but in a smaller form.

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  • At about 3 feet high and wide, "Hameln" should be planted in sweeps of three or five to best show off the lovely white flower plumes.

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  • At about 3 feet high and wide, "Hameln" should be planted in sweeps of three or five to best show off the lovely white flower plumes.

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  • Here's a shot of another red one peeking out from beneath the flowers of 'Hameln' pennisetum, as seen from the front porch stairs above:

    A Study in Contrasts 2008

  • A short distance away from the reds, a self-sown seedling that's blooming in white instead of red also looks nice between 'Hameln' and a baby sea kale:

    A Study in Contrasts 2008

  • It was made in 1880, for a special purpose, and occupied the whole of one number of the local paper of Hameln, which is a quaint townlet in Hanover.]

    Life of Robert Browning Sharp, William, 1855-1905 1897

  • By the age of twelve she was betrothed to Haim of Hameln, a young man she had never met but would grow to love deeply over the thirty years of their marriage.

    Personal Information for Glikl bas Judah of Hameln Jewish Women's Archive 2010

  • She published modern German translations of Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Women", "The Memoirs of Gluekl von Hameln", the Maaseh Buch (a collection of traditional Jewish narratives), the Ze'enah u-Re'enah (a 16th century women's bible), as well as the Five Megillot and the Haftarot.

    Personal Information for Bertha Pappenheim Jewish Women's Archive 2010

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