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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a system of hills in Britain that extend from the Scottish border in the north to the Trent River in the south; forms the watershed for English rivers
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Examples
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The lexical diarrhoea, the mememe contents, the Pennine Chain I-Know-Everything certainty.
Fancy Forking Out £80 for Breakfast with Stephen Timms? 2007
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A second road, turning north-west from Catterick Bridge, mounted the Pennine Chain by way of forts at Rokeby, Bowes and Brough-under-Stainmoor, descended into the Eden valley, reached Hadrian's wall near Carlisle (Luguvallium), and passed on to Birrens.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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And beyond went woods and hills, right away to the pale grey heights of the Pennine Chain.
Sons and Lovers 1913
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And beyond went woods and hills, right away to the pale grey heights of the Pennine Chain.
Sons and Lovers 1907
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