Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of southeast England at the mouth of the Thames River estuary. It is a manufacturing center and popular seaside resort.
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- proper noun A coastal town in
Essex ,England , on theThames estuary
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Examples
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I interviewed George aeons ago in, of all places, Southend-on-Sea, where he was lying low with his first in-laws in a terraced house just off the prom.
Tears for souvenirs as Best and Stiles memorabilia go up for auction Frank Keating 2010
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Also, the kid at 14 was in Southend-on-Sea, England.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - This is a great thing: 1 to 100 2008
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Long running road protest and counter-cultural campaign site Camp Bling, based in the middle of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, where I visited last year as described on this blog, is set to be decommissioned by the summer, after the long awaited announcement that the controversial Priory Crescent road widening has now officially been cancelled.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Long running road protest and counter-cultural campaign site Camp Bling, based in the middle of Southend-on-Sea, Essex, where I visited last year as described on this blog, is set to be decommissioned by the summer, after the long awaited announcement that the controversial Priory Crescent road widening has now officially been cancelled.
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His journey towards Islamism began, he says, at the sandy edge of Essex, in the dilapidated coastal town of Southend-on-Sea.
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Katrina and I made the most of her week with a hire car by driving out to Southend-on-Sea on Thursday evening.
The One With A Few Random Ramblings And A Quiz kisobel 2006
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The two old ladies would be leaving for Worthing on the morrow; Amelia was going to Southend-on-Sea for
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A few days ago an angler at Southend-on-Sea fished up a silver chain purse containing four one-pound notes.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 1, 1920 Various 1898
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While the pop-up beach and bunting hail from Southend-on-Sea, the enormous fox was built over 10 days in a Nottingham barn before being cut in half and taken down the M1 "on a wing and a prayer and two big lorries", according to her creator, Alex Rinsler.
The Guardian World News Sam Jones 2011
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For 2011, Torbay in Devon has six Blue Flag beaches, while Southend-on-Sea in Essex has five.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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