Broads

Throughout the show, Catherine cries freely, unlike the other tough broads of crime.
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Although many thousands know well the district of the Broads, yet to the bulk of people it is still a terra incognita.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
We leave this, the most beautiful and deepest of the Broads, to make the most of the evening air down the river.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
Most people will take fishing tackle with them on a cruise on the Broads, but I hope everybody will leave their guns at home.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.

Donnithorpe is a little hamlet just to the north of Langmere, in the country of the Broads.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893|Various
The Broads and rivers abound with bream and roach; and there are pike, perch, and eels.
The Rivers of Great Britain: Rivers of the East Coast|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Broads

Broads

/ (brɔːdz) /

pl n the Broads

a group of shallow navigable lakes, connected by a network of rivers, in E England, in Norfolk and Suffolk

the region around these lakes: a tourist centre; several bird sanctuaries

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