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It was the start of a glorious era for the Cornishman and his club.
From BBC • Dec. 13, 2024
The chain's history in the Hertfordshire town dates back to 1880 when young Cornishman Arthur Trewin bought a small draper's shop in Queen's Road.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2020
He had meandered away and soon, he was munching on something, owner Lucy Garrett-Peel told the local Cornishman paper days later.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2017
He passes left to Nowell – perhaps forwards? – but it goes unchecked and the Cornishman is over in the corner for England’s sixth.
From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015
Among the others, a Cornishman of odd automatic gait, whose small head balanced a squarish black hat, moved about with an inconsequence suggestive of some clever comedian.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
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