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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central England north of Leicester. Charles I raised his standard here in 1642, marking the beginning of the English Civil War. The city was historically a center for the manufacture of textiles, lace, and hosiery.
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- proper noun A
city inNottinghamshire ,England .
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Examples
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Originally from Scotland, Graham now lives in Nottingham and spends altogether far too much time working (or so he'd have us believe).
MIND MELD: What SF/F/H Books Are On The Top of Your "To-Be-Read" Pile? 2010
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A British expat — he was raised close to Sherwood Forest in Nottingham — Bewley plays the evil Volturi lieutenant Demetri in New Moon.
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A burglar hired a moving company to clean out a three-story home in Nottingham, UK, and arranged for the contents to be sold at a public auction.
Boing Boing 2009
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Nottingham is not as violent as it is often painted.
Police Need Intelligence Shock « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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I am not a science teacher in Nottingham with murderous tendencies (BBC).
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The fate of Osman RasulLast July, Osman Rasul perched himself on railings at the top of a seven-storey tower block in Nottingham, and, ignoring efforts of police officers to talk him down, placed his hand on his heart, looked up to the sky, and jumped to his death.
'Racist' UK policies blamed for deaths of 77 asylum seekers and migrants Karen McVeigh 2010
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Science fiction and fantasy author Nick Kyme lives in Nottingham and is the Commissioning Editor for Games Workshop's genre fiction imprint, the Black Library.
MIND MELD: Behind the Scenes...How the Hottest Short Fiction Anthologies Are Created (Part 3) 2009
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Black Library posts the second video from this year's Black Library Live event held in Nottingham, this time featuring an interview with Dan Abnett and Horus Heresy artist, Neil Roberts.
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You get to learn why Robin Hood came to be and where all the other periphery characters come into play (for example, the sheriff of Nottingham is a third-tier character at best in this film).
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He lives in Nottingham, England and always keeps a freshly greased chainsaw under his pillow in anticipation of the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
February 2010 2010
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