Basingstoke

[ bey-zing-stohk ]

noun
  1. a city in Hampshire, S central England.

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How to use Basingstoke in a sentence

  • Mr. Basingstoke was one of those persons whom their friends call thorough; their enemies say that they carry everything too far.

  • Then a wave of possibilities and impossibilities rose suddenly and swept against Mr. Basingstoke's heart.

  • To Mr. Basingstoke's old nurse the world seemed to hold nothing fairer than the lace collar and the violet-silk necktie.

  • Mr. Basingstoke counted on every one's having at least one relation or friend bearing that commonest and most lovely of all names.

  • By such simple means Mr. Basingstoke added enormously to his own agreeable sensations.

British Dictionary definitions for Basingstoke

Basingstoke

/ (ˈbeɪzɪŋˌstəʊk) /


noun
  1. a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)

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