Crewe

British

/ kruː /

noun

a town in NW England, in Cheshire: major railway junction. Pop: 67 683 (2001)

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Johnny King:, external Forward scored 113 goals in 311 Stoke appearances and 185 times in 591 matches for Crewe.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The ORR also required a Sunday service which currently runs from Holyhead to London to terminate at Crewe, they added.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

The pitch from new child brands such as Rini, Evereden or Saint Crewe is that they are orienting tweens and teens to more suitable alternatives.

From Barron's • Nov. 28, 2025

In Cheshire, the man running a Crewe mini-mart called Top Store said he would sell his shop to one reporter for £18,000 cash.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025

I thought about Sara Crewe in A Little Princess, pretending she is a prisoner in the Bastille to make her work as a scullery maid more bearable.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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