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- proper noun A
market town andcivil parish inWiltshire ,England .
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I did my intermediate in Devizes, my 2 stage in Stafford and my advanced (due to some ACPO blx) in Northern Ireland and Surveillance at Chelmsford.
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Smallbone of Devizes is a design company which offers great solutions for everyday living interiors.
Latest Kitchen Design Ideas from Copenhagen’s Kitchen Showrooms 2009
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Oh no, I was seen everywhere from Tesco's in Devizes to Asda in Wisbech, reaching into dim recesses to turn cans round to see if there was a small tin with 'Fantastic in Flapjacks' on it, or a big tin with 'Happy Birthday Lyle's'.
A Sticky End Peter Ashley 2008
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The letter and diary are expected to fetch £60,000 at the auction of White Star Line memorabilia in Devizes, Wiltshire, on April 21.
Alfred Rowe and RMS Titanic JDsg 2007
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Made in Devizes (near Swindon) by a company called Wadworth (Link).
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The only late-night bar in Devizes, the level of dress was enhanced significantly when the entire reception of a wedding rolled in in their best attire.
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Pippa said to me when we were out in Devizes that “if Sven doesn’t like it, it must be bad”.
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Sunday; but after the worst day's journey I ever had in my life: it snowed and froze that whole morning, and in the evening it rained and thawed, which made the roads so slippery, that I was six hours coming post from the Devizes, which is but eighteen miles from hence; so that, but for the name of coming post, I might as well have walked on foot.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1759-65 Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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Sunday; but after the worst day's journey I ever had in my life: it snowed and froze that whole morning, and in the evening it rained and thawed, which made the roads so slippery, that I was six hours coming post from the Devizes, which is but eighteen miles from hence; so that, but for the name of coming post, I might as well have walked on foot.
Complete Project Gutenberg Earl of Chesterfield Works Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield 1733
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However a theatre director who was once worked for the Wharf Theatre in Devizes, which is a member of Sir Ian's Little Theatre Guild, was jailed in 2008 for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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