Brandywine

[ bran-dee-wahyn ]

noun

1. a creek in SE Pennsylvania and N Delaware: British defeat of the Americans 1777.

Example Sentences

For bigger resorts, the Boston Mills and Brandywine areas are less than an hour away from Painesville, where rent costs, on average, $840 a month.

From Outside Online

Washington with about an equal force marched to the north of the Brandywine to defend Philadelphia.

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His command was in various actions throughout the war, in one of which, the Battle of Brandywine, he was severely wounded.

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In this capacity he was in the thick of the battle of Brandywine and did much, by his ready daring to encourage the soldiers.

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It was not, however, until the 8th of September that the two armies met, and the battle of Brandywine was fought.

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Another instance of the providential care over Washington occurred just before the battle of Brandywine.

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