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Portman

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Port´man
n.1.An inhabitant or burgess of a port, esp. of one of the Cinque Ports.


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Since the death of her husband, who had traded with success in a less elegant part of the town, she had resided every winter in a house in one of the streets near Portman Square.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
She said that the Portman Rooms had the best floor in London and she always liked the dances there; they were very select, and she couldn't bear dancing with all sorts of men you didn't know anything about; why, you might be exposing yourself to you didn't know what all.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
We were then passing a street in the neighborhood of Portman Square.
Law and the Lady by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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