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Cape Cod

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Cape Cod
n
1. (Placename) a long sandy peninsula in SE Massachusetts, between Cape Cod Bay and the Atlantic
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called Cape Cod cottage a one-storey cottage of timber construction with a simple gable roof and a large central chimney: originated on Cape Cod in the 18th century
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Noun1.Cape CodCape Cod - a Massachusetts peninsula to the south of Boston extending into the Atlantic; a popular resort area
Bay State, Massachusetts, Old Colony, MA - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies


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In Witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the eleventh of November, in the Raigne of our Sovereigne Lord, King James of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland, the fiftie-fourth, Anno.
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For this and other reasons, in the year 1620 they embarked on board the ship Mayflower, and crossed the ocean, to the shores of Cape Cod.
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