Brandywine
[bran-dee-wahyn]
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noun
a creek in SE Pennsylvania and N Delaware: British defeat of the Americans 1777.
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These points are admirably illustrated in the battle of the Brandywine.
The American RevolutionJohn Fiske
And now that he was to return home, the good ship Brandywine was detailed to carry him safely across the Atlantic.
Four American Naval HeroesMabel Beebe
The next morning we were aroused at three o'clock, and marched to Brandywine, a distance of eight miles.
History of the Sixteenth Connecticut VolunteersB. F. Blakeslee
She had wandered off to the Brandywine, to gather ferns at a rocky point where some choice varieties were to be found.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
He was wounded again at the Brandywine, upon which occasion Cornelius bore him off the field without their being captured.
Philip WinwoodRobert Neilson Stephens