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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of southwest England west-southwest of Plymouth. It is a port and summer resort and was frequently raided by pirates until the 1700s.
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- proper noun A coastal town and
port inCornwall ,England
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A British schooner docked in Penzance yesterday carrying 30,000 bottles of wine on a voyage that enthusiasts believe will herald a return to wind power in merchant shipping.
Tall ships make a comeback as oil price hits exports « Isegoria 2008
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We've booked a holiday for the end of August - we're going to Cornwall and have booked a cottage in Penzance for a week.
August 9th, 2008 kisobel 2008
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We've booked a holiday for the end of August - we're going to Cornwall and have booked a cottage in Penzance for a week.
kisobel: I've really not been very up for posting kisobel 2008
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She now runs a hotel in Penzance with her photographer husband Michael Cox.
Archive 2008-11-01 The Nag 2008
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Customers and staff of the Peruvian Arms public house in Penzance have appealed to the Peruvian ambassador, Ricardo Luna Mendoza, asking him to grant them special status so they can continue to light up after the ban comes into force in England.
Archive 2007-04-22 Newmania 2007
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Customers and staff of the Peruvian Arms public house in Penzance have appealed to the Peruvian ambassador, Ricardo Luna Mendoza, asking him to grant them special status so they can continue to light up after the ban comes into force in England.
RAGE AGAINST THE BAN Newmania 2007
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Mind you, with the exception of the huge Tesco supermarket Penzance is not a shopping mecca.
recamper 2004
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Such we cannot term Penzance -- not with propriety -- much like Omai, who said to you, "No mutton there, missee, no fine coach, no clock upon the stairs," etc.; but en revanche here is no Land's
The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796
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I changed it a bit so it was set in Penzance, which is where I wrote it.
FallNews 2001
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You may visit Chapel Rock and St. Michael's Mount from Penzance, which is between three and four miles away and is the ideal centre for some of the most wonderful scenery in Cornwall.
Legend Land, Vol. 1 Being a collection of some of the Old Tales told in those Western Parts of Britain served by The Great Western Railway. George Basil Barham
hernesheir commented on the word Penzance
There be pirates.
November 21, 2011