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Croydon

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Croy´don
n.1.A kind of carriage like a gig, orig. of wicker-work.
2.A kind of cotton sheeting; also, a calico.
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Mile after mile they flew, the wind beating in her face, the trees dancing past in two long ranks on either side, until they had passed round Croydon and were approaching Norwood once more from the further side.
Beyond the City by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context
My honest and neglected friend, Ingulphus, has furnished me with many a valuable hint; but the light afforded by the Monk of Croydon, and Geoffrey de Vinsauff, is dimmed by such a conglomeration of uninteresting and unintelligible matter, that we gladly fly for relief to the delightful pages of the gallant Froissart, although he flourished at a period so much more remote from the date of my history.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
And then one bright day Bert, motoring toward Croydon, was arrested by the insurgence of a huge, bolster-shaped monster from the Crystal Palace grounds, and obliged to dismount and watch it.
The War in the Air by Wells, H.G. View in context
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