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- proper noun A coastal town in
Devon ,England
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Examples
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In fact a potential Green Party member has joined the Lib Dems in Torbay instead after meeting local Greens!
The murky politics of the Green Party Norfolk Blogger 2009
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David Gray, head teacher at Babbacombe Primary School in Torbay, Devon, called for compulsory parenting classes for new mothers.
May 2005 2005
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David Gray, head teacher at Babbacombe Primary School in Torbay, Devon, called for compulsory parenting classes for new mothers.
Archive 2005-05-01 2005
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David Gray, head teacher at Babbacombe Primary School in Torbay, Devon, called for compulsory parenting classes for new mothers.
It doesn't impress me and it won't impress the examiners 2005
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He landed in Torbay; the army, under Lord Churchill, deserted to him, and James fled to France.
A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871
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There are some teams in the league - namely Torbay, Bell Island and Mount Pearl - that barely take in enough money to carry a decent stick budget.
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The destruction of the "Torbay" seemed inevitable.
John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Hopson, in the "Torbay," cutting his cable, crowded every sail his ship could carry and bore down upon the boom.
John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Just as the flames seemed about to catch the "Torbay" they suddenly decreased, and were deadened.
John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The "Torbay," however, suffered very severely, losing a hundred and fifteen men killed and drowned, besides many wounded, including among the latter Captain Moody, her brave captain.
John Deane of Nottingham Historic Adventures by Land and Sea William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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