High Wycombe

/ ˈwɪkəm /

noun

a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)

High Wycombe succeeded to West Wycombe; there is but a short and an uninteresting mile or two between them.

At High Wycombe the curious custom of Michaelmas hiring still prevails and flourishes.

They gave him their support at High Wycombe before he went to Taunton, and political support cannot be kept very secret.

The last letter I received from you at High Wycombe was that almost blank letter which enclosed the guinea.

These wall paintings exist (or did till recently) on the outside of a church at High Wycombe.

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