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Cowes

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Cowes [kaʊz]
n
(Placename) a town in S England, on the Isle of Wight: famous for its annual regatta. Pop.: 16 335 (1991)


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For some time no more was heard of them; then news came of Ellen's marriage to an immensely rich Polish nobleman of legendary fame, whom she had met at a ball at the Tuileries, and who was said to have princely establishments in Paris, Nice and Florence, a yacht at Cowes, and many square miles of shooting in Transylvania.
It isn't so very long to Cowes now and, thank heavens, that'll cost us nothing.
Four years ago, I was living near Cowes, in the Isle of Wight--in a cottage which had been taken for me by a gentleman who was the owner of a yacht.
 
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