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Grasmere

American  
[gras-meer, grahs-] / ˈgræs mɪər, ˈgrɑs- /

noun

  1. a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.

  2. a village on this lake: Wordsworth's home 1790–1808.


Grasmere British  
/ ˈɡrɑːsˌmɪə /

noun

  1. a village in NW England, in Cumbria at the head of Lake Grasmere: home of William Wordsworth and of Thomas de Quincey

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The council is awaiting further tests from Churchill, Hazlewood and Grasmere before their reports are finalised.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2024

In a late-life assessment of his years in Grasmere, De Quincey offered this sagacious advice: “Put not your trust in the intellectual princes of your age.”

From Slate • Nov. 7, 2016

At the time, Wordsworth was living with his sister Dorothy and his wife Mary in a former inn in Grasmere, which by the time of his death was known as Dove Cottage.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016

If you’re in need of a local treat, stop at the tiny whitewashed cottage with green trim in Grasmere, home to Sarah Nelson’s famed gingerbread.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2016

Thousands of verses, he said, were composed on the banks of the brook running through Easedale, just north of Grasmere Lake.

From The Lure of the Camera by Olcott, Charles S.

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