Flodden
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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“Sir Walter Scott wrote in his 1808 poem Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field: ‘Oh, what a tangled web we weave — when first we practice to deceive.’
From Washington Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
The incident occurred on Thursday at a home in the 4300 block of Flodden Court in Woodbridge, according to Prince William County police.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 19, 2019
And then there is Rosemary Goring's After Flodden, another real treat.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 14, 2013
Coldstream Civic Week stages a spectacular, moving ride out to the battlefield itself, just over the Tweed and the English border at Branxton, where the 'Coldstreamer' lays a wreath at the Flodden Memorial.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2013
There was no visible line between Scotland and England, although Flodden and Bannockburn had been fought about it.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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