Clovelly

/ (kləˈvɛlɪ) /


noun
  1. a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)

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How to use Clovelly in a sentence

  • Otherwise we should be required to name this house 'Sea View' or 'Clovelly.'

    Berry And Co. | Dornford Yates
  • You last heard of me at Clovelly—where we spent a delightful month—more rain than was pleasant—but on the whole charming.

  • Clovelly's great herring fishery used to be famous, but it is not now so large as it used to be.

  • "Old" and "new" have a local meaning of their own in Clovelly which does not exactly apply anywhere else.

    In the High Valley | Susan Coolidge
  • One cannot have too many legs in Clovelly,—a centipede would find himself at an uncommon advantage.

    In the High Valley | Susan Coolidge