Gillingham

/ (ˈdʒɪlɪŋəm) /

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noun

a town in SE England, in Medway unitary authority, Kent, on the Medway estuary: former dockyards. Pop: 98 403 (2001)

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Words nearby Gillingham

gill filament, gill fungus, Gillian, gillie, gilling, Gillingham, gillion, gillnet, gill-netter, gill-over-the-ground, gill pouch

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How to use Gillingham in a sentence

Gillingham tells Mary that he wants to make their lives simpler, but it sounds a little like the dying of the light.
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We consider at Rugby that a man's got to get up uncommon early if he wants to take a rise out of Trevor Gillingham.'
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I'm very glad to see you at Barham, I'm sure, Mr. Gillingham; hope we may number you among ourselves before long.
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A minute before that time Gillingham strolled casually up in sombrero and gray suit, and nodded a distant nod to him.
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Gillingham had walked through the paper, he averred—a set of absurdly elementary questions.
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When they came out at mid-day he compared notes on their respective performances with Gillingham.
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