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Beaver Tail

British  

noun

  1. a flat oval doughnut served fried and sugared

"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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They were almost off Beaver Tail, and the sea was rougher.

From A Little Country Girl by Coolidge, Susan

In the year 1749 a light-house was erected on Beaver Tail.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

They seemed a little surprised at meeting us, too; but we might as well have talked from Point Judith to Beaver Tail as to have attempted conversation there.

From Oldport Days by Higginson, Thomas Wentworth

The submarine, the U-53, held over toward Beaver Tail and then swung into the narrow harbor entrance, finally coming to anchor off Goat Island.

From Our Navy in the War by Perry, Lawrence

What was a clean-shaven man of cities, with silk hat, and frock-coat, and patent leathers, doing at Beaver Tail, in the heart of the Rocky Mountains?

From Despair's Last Journey by Murray, David Christie

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