Blackheath

/ (ˈblækhiːθ) /

noun

a residential district in SE London, mainly in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich: a large heath formerly notorious for highwaymen

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a person given to voluble, empty talk.

an ancient Greek or Roman farce that depended for effect largely upon ludicrous actions and gestures.

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Words nearby Blackheath

blackhead, black-headed gull, blackheart, black-hearted, black heat, Blackheath, black heroin, Black Hills, black hole, Black Hole of Calcutta, black horehound

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Example sentences from the Web for Blackheath

Mr. Gladstone had published his "bag and baggage" pamphlet, and made his Blackheath speech in September 1876.
Looking Seaward Again|Walter Runciman
The Blackheath visitors were very kind to me, and used to take me into their games.
Fifty Years of Golf|Horace G. Hutchinson
As I remember it, it was by far the longest hole in the world, Blackheath not excepted.
The Golf Courses of the British Isles|Bernard Darwin
Preached at Blackheath, to about ten thousand, and went to Blendon.
The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman

We have since seen a pair of these spiders in possession of Mr. William Mello, of Blackheath.
Insect Architecture|James Rennie

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