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Margate

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Mar·gate  (märgt)
1. also (-gt) A municipal borough of southeast England east of London. A popular seaside resort, it also has light industries. Population: 58,400.
2. A city of southeast Florida northwest of Fort Lauderdale. It is a resort community. Population: 56,000.
Margate [ˈmɑːgeɪt]
n
(Placename) a town and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the Isle of Thanet. Pop.: 56 734 (1991)
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Noun1.margate - a grunt with a red mouth that is found from Florida to Brazil
Haemulon album
grunt - medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught
genus Haemulon, Haemulon - type genus of the Haemulidae


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I assume he followed the land and passed through what is at present known as Margate Roads, groping his careful way along the hidden sandbanks, whose every tail and spit has its beacon or buoy nowadays.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
Margate packets were sailing every day, filled with men of fashion and ladies of note, on their way to Brussels and Ghent.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Never, my dear,' returned the old gentleman, 'except when he went to Margate one Saturday with Mr Tomkinley that had been a teacher at that school he went to, and came back upon the Monday; but he was very ill after that, you remember, my dear; it was quite a dissipation.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
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