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  • proper noun a town in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.

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Examples

  • There are two poor boys from Bollington, who begin life as piecers at one shilling or eighteen-pence a-week, and the father of one of whom was cut to pieces by the machinery at which he worked, but not before he had himself founded the institution in which this son has since come to be taught.

    Speeches: Literary and Social 2007

  • He really is a big dot that went bad, dropping out of dot school "Bollington U" and going on to a life of disrepute.

    Friday at the Cartooning Class Christmas Party | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2007

  • Madame ALBANESI, in _The Cap of Youth_ (HUTCHINSON), cannot be accused of excessive kindness to her own sex, for the charming women of the book are almost snuffed out by two poisonous females, _Lady Bollington_ and _Lady Catherine Chiltern_.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 Various 1898

  • It seems that this Molly Slater was away in service at Bollington, a village half way between our place and

    Put Yourself in His Place Charles Reade 1849

  • There are two poor boys from Bollington, who begin life as piecers at one shilling or eighteen-pence a-week, and the father of one of whom was cut to pieces by the machinery at which he worked, but not before he had himself founded the institution in which this son has since come to be taught.

    Speeches: Literary and Social Charles Dickens 1841

  • The canal runs 26 miles (42 km) from Marple Junction at Marple, where it joins the Upper Peak Forest Canal, 16 miles (26 km), southwards (through Bollington and Mansfield's), before arriving at Bosley photo: Creative Commons/Nissarana photo: Creative Commons/Nissarana

    WN.com - Articles related to Cycling in Britain: five great waterways cycle routes 2010

  • John, who lived on Palmerston Street at the time of his death, had resided in Bollington for the last 20 years.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2010

  • Tributes were this week pouring in for a man who made his mark in the Bollington community and who was respected and held in high esteem by young soccer hopefuls and their families alike.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2010

  • NewswireToday (newswire) - 03 / 26 / 2009 Bollington, Cheshire United Kingdom - An international one day conference you don't have to travel to London to attend.

    Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution 2009

  • His first project was a dilapidated two-bedroom terrace in Bollington, Macclesfield, which he bought for £82,000.

    mirror.co.uk - Home 2009

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