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Staines

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Staines  (stnz)
An urban district of southeast England on the Thames River west-southwest of London. It is mainly residential with some varied industries. Population: 50,500.
Staines [steɪnz]
n
(Placename) a town in SE England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop.: 51 167 (1991)
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We had decided to sleep on board that night, and we had either to lay up just about there, or go on past Staines.
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Clarence had been able to go to Oxford; his elder brother, Lord Staines, into the Guards.
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In the pleasant towns of Chertsey, Walton, Kingston, and Staines, her figure came to be quite well known for some short weeks, and then again passed on.
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