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Falmouth [ˈfælməθ] n (Placename) a port and resort in SW England, in S Cornwall. Pop.: 20 297 (1991) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| For this was the homeward-bound fleet from the far-off ends of the earth, and a Falmouth fruit-schooner, the smallest of them all, was heading the flight. Tyne to Bankok; coals; put back to Falmouth leaky and with crew refusing duty. The night we anchored in Falmouth Bay, thinking then of taking our gold straight to the Bank of England, as eccentric lucky diggers - that night I thought would be the last for one or other of us. |
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