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As it was, he had been in the water no more than an hour or two, but he was delighted to see us, would come out at once, and expect us to lunch with him at Breukelen, which is the name of his place.
The Chauffeur and the Chaperon Karl Anderson 1901
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They climbed the hill and walked along through an open road and a little woods to "the first village, called Breukelen, which has a small and ugly little church in the middle of the road."
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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The western extremity of Long Island was then called Breukelen, which has since been Anglicised into
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam 1841
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We went on, up the hill, along open roads and a little woods, through the first village, called Breukelen, which has a small and ugly little church standing in the middle of the road. [
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680 Jasper Danckaerts 1898
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The law-enforcement official said all three girls lived with their mother at the Breukelen Houses in Canarsie, about 1½ miles from where Dioni and Dominai were found.
Two Toddlers Left on Street Tamer El-Ghobashy 2012
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"We're not immune from the national economy," says John Samuel , a co-owner of Breukelen Cellars, a wine store that opened in March on Nostrand Avenue.
Bedford-Stuyvesant Steps Up Its Game Melanie Lefkowitz 2011
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Further north, Breukelen, the original namesake of New York's Brooklyn borough, is a must-visit.
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Almost four hours later, Ronnell and his 25-year-old uncle, James Gurley, noticed the bike among a group of four teenagers near the Breukelen Houses on Williams Avenue, said Sgt. Kevin Hayes, a New York Police Department spokesman.
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Labyrinthine employment regulations and cold feet after a few failures such as Nikki Jovanovic at Manchester United and Pedro Verde at Bramall Lane stopped the flow, dour Scandinavians apart, and although there were odd forays – Forest's for Hans van Breukelen and Johnny Metgod, Aston Villa's for Didier Six and, most improbably, Allan Simonsen for Charlton – it took until the 90s for the English game to be transformed.
New tricks from Alex Sabella, a magician ahead of his time 2010
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On a recent cycling trip in the Netherlands I rode through Breukelen.
The Indignity of Commuting by Bicycle: The Case for Gravel BikeSnobNYC 2010
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