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- proper noun A town in
Hampshire ,England .
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Examples
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I was born then in the year 1664, at Havant, which is a flourishing village a few miles from Portsmouth off the main London road, and there it was that I spent the greater part of my youth.
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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Tory member for Havant, which is short for Havant Got a Clue Who Could Have Signed Off This Tax Dodge.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Michael Deacon 2012
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The fact that there is a place in the UK called Havant.
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Just hours after putting Northern Rock up for sale, he allowed 14 savers in a little-known bank in Havant, Hampshire to face losses on deposits over and above the £85,000 covered by the guarantee scheme that could run into thousands of pounds.
Arabs demand new freedoms but the west offers old economic blueprint 2011
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In the most depressed locations, the vacancy rate is one in three shops, with the title of worst-hit small town going to Leigh Park in Havant, near Portsmouth.
High streets struggle as shoppers curb spending or drive to out-of-town malls 2011
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"Most of all for me," Gudgin adds modestly, as he looks forward to a retirement trip to Australia before resuming his work on community radio in Havant and voicing talking newspapers for the blind.
BBC's Tim Gudgin calls time with: Airdrie United 11, Gala Fairydean 0 | Rob Bagchi 2011
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Crawley earned £1m from a single match at Old Trafford last season and Havant & Waterlooville's run to the fourth round in 2007-08, when they eventually lost 5-2 to Liverpool at Anfield, more than trebled their income for that season.
FA in talks with Premier League over avoiding Cup final fixture clash 2012
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Just hours after putting Northern Rock up for sale, he allowed 14 savers in a little-known bank in Havant, Hampshire to face losses on deposits over and above the £85,000 covered by the guarantee scheme that could run into thousands of pounds.
Arabs demand new freedoms but the west offers old economic blueprint 2011
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When you say you want to go to Havant, you do not expect to end up in the Levant.
Is it really racist to want an English-speaking cab driver? 2010
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Mr and Mrs Brookhouse, of Havant, Hants, had written to the South East England Regional Assembly Seera calling for travellers to be charged a fee for using the sites.
Gordonomics, life in Soviet Britain: The true cost of voting Labour. FIDO The Dog 2009
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