Avebury
Americannoun
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Baron. Lubbock, Sir John.
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Also Abury a village in Wiltshire, England: site of one of the largest ceremonial megalithic structures in Europe.
noun
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Boss Morris, pictured here at Avebury Stones in England, is one of the new groups exploring ways to pull apart and reinterpret Morris dancing.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
The 28-year-old, who is originally from Avebury in Wiltshire, said everything had "gone up a lot in price".
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2022
The ballot was triggered by the death of Lord Avebury, the former MP Eric Lubbock, earlier this year.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2016
Lubbock, who became the first Baron Avebury, was himself from a privileged banking family, and educated at Eton.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2015
In Avebury, as it was, can be found the early typic model of which Stonehenge is the final product.
From Stonehenge Today and Yesterday by Heywood Sumner
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