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  • proper noun A resort town in Lancashire, England

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Examples

  • JK: The town were we come from is called Morecambe; it is an old seaside resort; there's a sadness and charm to it that we cherish and has influenced us more than words can say.

    Salvatore Bono: Meet England's The Heartbreaks Salvatore Bono 2011

  • JK: The town were we come from is called Morecambe; it is an old seaside resort; there's a sadness and charm to it that we cherish and has influenced us more than words can say.

    Salvatore Bono: Meet England's The Heartbreaks Salvatore Bono 2011

  • The 28-year-old, who is second-in-line to the British throne, was among the crew of a Sea King helicopter called to a rig in Morecambe Bay, off the coast of northwestern England, on Saturday.

    Prince William Makes First Helicopter Rescue For Royal Air Force AP 2010

  • JK: The town were we come from is called Morecambe; it is an old seaside resort; there's a sadness and charm to it that we cherish and has influenced us more than words can say.

    Salvatore Bono: Meet England's The Heartbreaks Salvatore Bono 2011

  • Julien tells me that Waves's starting point was the 23 Chinese cocklepickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay in 2004.

    Isaac Julien's angel of Morecambe Stuart Jeffries 2010

  • JK: The town were we come from is called Morecambe; it is an old seaside resort; there's a sadness and charm to it that we cherish and has influenced us more than words can say.

    Salvatore Bono: Meet England's The Heartbreaks Salvatore Bono 2011

  • It's the haunting - still no pun - story of a group of 23 Chinese immigrants who died digging for shellfish in Morecambe Bay in 2005.

    GreenCine Daily: Park City Dispatch. 9. 2007

  • "After the acclaim that greeted his first drama documentary, Ghosts, about the Chinese cocklepickers who drowned in Morecambe Bay, [Nick] Broomfield has turned his sights on one of the most controversial, morally complex stories of our time: the War in Iraq," reports Catherine Philp in the London Times.

    GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 5/11. 2007

  • "Morecambe" is an anonymous composition printed with the words by the

    The Story of the Hymns and Tunes Theron Brown 1873

  • SINGER and actress Chris Langford, who appeared with stars such as Morecambe and Wise, has died aged 69.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2010

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