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Lynn

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Lynn  (ln)
A city of northeast Massachusetts, a residential and industrial suburb of Boston. It was formerly an important shoe-making center. Population: 88,000.
Lynn [lɪn]
n
(Placename) another name for King's Lynn Also called Lynn Regis [ˈriːdʒɪs]
Lynn2
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(Biographies / Lynn, Vera (1917 F, British, MUSIC: singer) Dame Vera, original name Vera Margaret Lewis. born 1917, British singer popular during World War II and known as ``the forces' sweetheart''. Her best-known songs are ``We'll Meet Again'' and ``White Cliffs of Dover''


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In large letters was the name of a firm well-known to Philip, Lynn and Sedley, Regent Street, London; and below, in type smaller but still of some magnitude, was the dogmatic statement: Procrastination is the Thief of Time.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
It went through with a horrid thundering that made my belly quake; and there hung over the lynn a little mist of spray.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
He was a man of middle age, born in Lynn and bred in Boston; a long-pedigreed New Englander, whose ancestors had smelted iron ore in Lynn when Charles the First was King.
The History of the Telephone by Casson, Herbert N. View in context
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