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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of west-central England on the Severn River north-northeast of Gloucester. Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastrians here (1471) in a major battle of the Wars of the Roses.
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- noun the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
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Forty-one people gathered at a Bensons for Beds furniture warehouse in Tewkesbury, UK to break the mattress dominoes record.
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A morning in Tewkesbury Maxine 2008
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"Tewkesbury,", he said rather coldly, and soon afterwards strolled away again.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 25, 1914 Various
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The news might come as a surprise to people in towns such as Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, who have suffered flooding due to extraordinary downpours during the past two summers.
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The news might come as a surprise to people in towns such as Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, who have suffered flooding due to extraordinary downpours during the past two summers.
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_From Bennett's "Tewkesbury" lent by Mr.S. Browett.
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Equally, I see no good coming of the decision by the head teacher of Tewkesbury School in Gloucestershire to make girl pupils wear trousers because too many have skirts that make them look "like they are going to a nightclub".
The cost of Kate Middleton's confirmation | Alexander Chancellor 2011
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Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire surrounded by water during the 2007 floods.
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He was killed at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471, making him the only Prince of Wales ever to die in battle (Llywelyn ap Gruffudd died in a skirmish).
Kings and Princes 2009
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You don't get a performance like that in Tewkesbury High Street or wherever it is most of them will all scurry back to eventually.
The Juniper Days – Part II, The Diary Alison Earls 2011
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