Ashdown

/ (ˈæʃdaʊn) /

noun

Paddy, Baron. real name Jeremy John Durham Ashdown . born 1941, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Social and Liberal Democrats) (1988–99); UN high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 2002

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Examples from the Web for ashdown

Even the police were “stunned” when Rachel confessed, said Ashdown.
West Virginia Heathers: Was Skylar Neese Murdered by Her Best Friends?|Caroline Linton|December 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ashdown withdrew his name and the U.N. leadership on the ground proved unable to eliminate corruption and prevent electoral fraud.
Who's Watching Karzai?|Evelyn Farkas|December 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Our Ashdown Forest—all that now remains of this wild track—was for long a Royal hunting ground.
Highways & Byways in Sussex|E.V. Lucas
He defeated the Danes, who had overrun most of England, at Ashdown, and compelled them to make a treaty of peace.
Tom Brown at Rugby|Thomas Hughes

The little flaw of having a mistress now living with him at Ashdown Park seems to be the only unpleasing circumstance about him.
Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters|William Austen-Leigh and Richard Arthur Austen-Leigh
Then towards sunset she came homewards over some high ground on the outskirts of Ashdown Forest.
By What Authority?|Robert Hugh Benson
The walls assume impressive castellated forms that are especially striking at the mouth of Ashdown Gorge, eight miles distant.
Zion National Park|Various