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Fowey

British  
/ fɔɪ /

noun

  1. a resort and fishing village in SW England, in Cornwall, linked administratively with St Austell from 1968 to 1974. Pop: 2064 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It added it was "keen to recruit the best candidate to meet the needs of Fowey parish church, regardless of gender".

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023

The youngest of three sons, Antony Hewish was born in Fowey, Cornwall, on May 11, 1924, and grew up in the coastal town of Newquay.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Saturday that he came across a man on a makeshift raft in the vicinity of Fowey Rocks.

From Fox News • Aug. 30, 2021

Fowey is a centuries-old harbour town and the restaurant is in an old bank.

From The Guardian • Dec. 8, 2019

From the Fowey, we hear distantly a choir of seamen singing a Jubilate in harmony.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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