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  • proper noun A town in southwest London
  • proper noun Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby stadium in England

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Examples

  • Twickenham is a mile up the Thames above Richmond the Residence and burial place of Pope.

    Letter 300 2009

  • Norfolk Blogger: What have the Green Party achieved in Twickenham? skip to main | skip to sidebar

    What have the Green Party achieved in Twickenham ? Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • 'And the words were, to leave the bird at a perfumer's in Twickenham, opposite to –; but that's no matter.

    Belinda 1801

  • So I went down to a place called Twickenham, where this football game was to be, to see the sort of thing you used to do before I took charge of you and made you a respectable right-hand man.

    The Adventures of Sally 1928

  • He probably still retains the confidence of Rob Andrew but, given that Andrew has deliberately distanced himself from anything resembling a courageous decision during his time at Twickenham, that is hardly an endorsement.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Paul Ackford 2011

  • Anyone with information should call Twickenham police station.

    ITN Headlines 2008

  • Starting thus, it is required to get the counters into order so that they spell the word "Twickenham" in a clockwise direction, leaving the vacant disc in the original position.

    Amusements in Mathematics Henry Ernest Dudeney 1893

  • The 'Twickenham' seems to perform a sort of educated monkey kind of ridiculously decorous pirouette and entrechat before the 'Pryme.'

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

  • The 'Twickenham' seems to perform a sort of educated monkey kind of ridiculously decorous pirouette and entrechat before the

    Sandra Belloni — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • The 'Twickenham' seems to perform a sort of educated monkey kind of ridiculously decorous pirouette and entrechat before the 'Pryme.'

    Sandra Belloni — Volume 2 George Meredith 1868

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