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- proper noun A
town inDorset ,England
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Examples
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On our way back, via the high ridge to the west, through Langton Matravers and Kingston, we began to understand why Thomas Hardy called Swanage a town "where everybody who was not a boatman was a quarrier".
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When he sneaks into "Swanage", Swan's private mansion, to find out what's going on, he observes several women all singing his music.
Good Rockin' Tonight 2008
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We went on to the seaside town of Swanage and, from a point above the bay, looked down on holidaymakers and waterskiers on one side, and a returning Channel ferry on the other.
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Then there is the burr limestone used to make Corfe Castle and most of Swanage before red brick built the suburban expansion.
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The Old Coastguard Cottage next to the lifeboat slip on the eastern tip of Swanage Bay in Dorset sleeps six is another popular choice.
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The beautiful three-mile-long beach at Studland Bay is close at hand, and Swanage has lots of old-fashioned seaside activities including putting, tennis and bowls, and a couple of great fish-and-chip shops.
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I was collecting money in a large plastic bucket at free gigs during the Swanage Blues Festival and was informed at one public house that I was not allowed to rattle the bucket.
"Intimidation" Not a sheep 2008
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A walk of major contrasts: still woodlands; the sea; sheer cliffs; the sea; a gentle climb; high winds; Bournemouth, Poole and Swanage all visible but sufficiently distant; then the sea again followed by a steeper decline; Poole Harbour then finally pub and a log fire.
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By bus: Wilts & Dorset number 50 from Bournemouth and Swanage, or number 40 from Poole.
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Police, including forensic officers, then swooped on Broomfield's home in Swanage, Dorset, and seized computer equipment, mobile phones and passports.
Police in Dorset arrest EDL member accused over suspected bomb plot 2010
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