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garth

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garth  (gärth)
n.
1. A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
2. Archaic A yard, garden, or paddock.
[Middle English, enclosed yard, from Old Norse gardhr; see gher-1 in Indo-European roots.]


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No observant eyes could have surveyed Miss Garth without seeing at once that she was a north-countrywoman.
No Name by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Her father, a manager of estates for various members of the landed gentry, was to a large extent the original both of her Adam Bede and of Caleb Garth in 'Middlemarch,' while her own childish life is partly reproduced in the experiences of Maggie in 'The Mill on the Floss.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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