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Eastern shore

American  

noun

  1. the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay, including parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia.


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Pettis, who has 150 colonies on Maryland’s Eastern shore, had less than 18% loss, saying he used organic acids for mite control.

From Seattle Times Jun. 22, 2023

My family's from the Eastern shore of Long Island, so our ancestral foods were very ocean based.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2021

He owns a townhouse in Georgetown and a vacation home on Maryland’s well-heeled Eastern shore.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2014

That hope-and-pray strategy will be center stage this week as House Democrats gather for their annual retreat at a resort on Maryland’s Eastern shore.

From Washington Post Feb. 12, 2014

Paul was free—haunted no longer by premonitions of future suffering; and his first impulse was to return to the Eastern shore and discover his desolate parents.

From Tales of the Chesapeake by Townsend, George Alfred

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