Chincoteague

[ shing-kuh-teeg, ching- ]

/ ˌʃɪŋ kəˈtig, ˌtʃɪŋ- /

a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.

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Question 1 of 7

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This was the spontaneous way in which the Chincoteague people welcomed me.
Voyage of the Paper Canoe|Nathaniel H. Bishop
Wrecks came ashore on the submerged shoal of Chincoteague, but there were now no wreckers to labor for salvage.
Tales of the Chesapeake|George Alfred Townsend
The moonlight scarcely fretted the soft expanse of Chincoteague Bay.
Tales of the Chesapeake|George Alfred Townsend
The celebrated oyster-beds of the people of Chincoteague commence about twenty miles south of the Hommack.
Voyage of the Paper Canoe|Nathaniel H. Bishop

This loft over a former groggery is no place for you: the news will spread from Chincoteague to Arlington.
The Entailed Hat|George Alfred Townsend