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Poole

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Poole  (pl)
A municipal borough of southern England west-southwest of Southhampton on Poole Bay, an inlet of the English Channel. Chartered in 1248, Poole is a port and shipbuilding center with varied industries. Population: 144,000.
Poole [puːl]
n
1. (Placename) a port and resort in S England, in Poole unitary authority, Dorset, on Poole Harbour; seat of Bournemouth University (1992). Pop.: 138 479 (1991)
2. (Placename) a unitary authority in S England, in Dorset. Pop.: 138 299 (2001). Area: 37 sq. km (14 sq. miles)


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He was ashamed of his relief, when Poole presently returned to announce that Dr.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Poole Harbour was dry, which led her to praise the absence of muddy foreshore at Friedrich Wilhelms Bad, Rugen, where beech-trees hang over the tideless Baltic, and cows may contemplate the brine.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
Blyth and others, occasionally appear: and I have been informed by Colonel Poole that foals of this species are generally striped on the legs, and faintly on the shoulder.
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