Brampton

[ bramp-tuhn ]

/ ˈbræmp tən /

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noun

a city in SE Ontario, in S Canada, near Toronto.

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How to use Brampton in a sentence

Born Duarte Brandão in Portugal, Brampton was a converted Jew, and became an acclaimed English commander on land and at sea.
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If that happened, it was probably the work of the swashbuckling and mysterious Sir Edward Brampton.
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My father gone to Brampton to see my uncle Robert, not knowing whether to find him dead or alive.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
This morning came my box of papers from Brampton of all my uncle's papers, which will now set me at work enough.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

Hence back again to Brampton and after supper to bed, being now very quiet in the house, which is a content to us.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
But however she do come about three weeks hence, when my wife comes back from Brampton, if she go with my father.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys
To the Privy Seal this morning about business, in my way taking leave of my mother, who goes to Brampton to-day.
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