Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of northern Ireland on Sligo Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. There are megalithic ruins nearby.
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- proper noun A county in the
Republic of Ireland - proper noun A town in the county of Sligo, Ireland.
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Examples
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The town is in a little hollow, with pleasant tree-crowned green hills rising all round it; at one side is the demesne of the Marquis of Sligo, which is open to the public.
The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall 1862
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This dispute is even said to have led to the affair of Culdrum, in Sligo, which is sometimes mentioned as "the battle of the book."
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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This dispute is even said to have led to the affair of Culdrum, in Sligo, which is sometimes mentioned as "the battle of the book."
A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Volume 1 Thomas D'Arcy McGee 1846
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Sligo, which is the remains of great possessions they had in that country.
A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 Arthur Young 1780
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She saw Fanchon and Penrod assume the double embrace required by the dance; the "Slingo Sligo Slide" burst from the orchestra like the lunatic shriek of a gin-maddened nigger; and all the little couples began to bob and dip and sway.
Penrod 1914
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She saw Fanchon and Penrod assume the double embrace required by the dance; the "Slingo Sligo Slide" burst from the orchestra like the lunatic shriek of a gin-maddened nigger; and all the little couples began to bob and dip and sway.
Penrod Booth Tarkington 1907
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Moderate and heavy rains re-emerged around the Washington region Thursday night and caused flooding of some waterways, such as Sligo Creek and Rock Creek, the National Weather Service reported.
Flash-flood watch until Friday a.m. Erica Johnston 2010
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Jane Taylor Pearce and lived at "Sligo," Hanover county, Va.
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Motorists in counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Cavan encountered dangerous driving conditions this morning, with freezing temperatures and icy roads.
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Taylor Pearce, of "Sligo"), m. her cousin, Claude Hunter (son of
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