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  • proper noun The second largest of the Isles of Scilly.

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Examples

  • No sooner had we arrived than the admiral sent for Captain Morris, one of the most trusted of his commanders, and ordered him to take eight hundred of the best men from the different ships, and to land at the back of Tresco, which is next in size to Saint Mary's, and lies close to it.

    The Boy who sailed with Blake William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • "There is a company called Tresco and Blue Water ... nobody knows what is Blue Water and what is Tresco and all these things.

    Analysis 2010

  • We have heard tedious tales of electric golf carts on Tresco and lengthy laments about the adversity firemen on steam trains in Cumbria once faced.

    Letters: Crunch time for Lords and Labour 2011

  • He is able to paaly as well as he is for the same reason that Tresco can.

    John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009

  • Ambassador Noël said if the Directory gave him 30,000 dalers and he could have perhaps 10,000 for it, he would bring the Régent back to them; then they could deal with the eau-de-vie merchant Treskow or “Tresco”.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • Ambassador Noël said if the Directory gave him 30,000 dalers and he could have perhaps 10,000 for it, he would bring the Régent back to them; then they could deal with the eau-de-vie merchant Treskow or “Tresco”.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • Ambassador Noël said if the Directory gave him 30,000 dalers and he could have perhaps 10,000 for it, he would bring the Régent back to them; then they could deal with the eau-de-vie merchant Treskow or “Tresco”.

    THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

  • In May, he went with Harry, Charles and Diana to Tresco in the Scilly Islands.

    WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003

  • The following year, William and his brother returned to the Scillies, this time visiting Tresco.

    WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003

  • The following year, William and his brother returned to the Scillies, this time visiting Tresco.

    WILLIAM Tim Graham 2003

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