Grasmere
Americannoun
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a lake in Westmoreland, in NW England. 1 mile (1.6 km) long.
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a village on this lake: Wordsworth's home 1790–1808.
noun
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Some 200 homes in Grasmere and more than 40 in Ambleside were still without power overnight on Sunday but all should be reconnected by 14:00 on Monday, the company said.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022
Four sheets, all of which manage to fail miserably for anyone doing a walk centred on where they meet, roughly Grasmere Common.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 8, 2019
While De Quincey was still making himself agreeable in Grasmere, many in the circle, Wilson speculates, imagined that he might marry Dorothy Wordsworth.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2016
At the time, Wordsworth was living with his sister Dorothy and his wife Mary in a former inn in Grasmere, which by the time of his death was known as Dove Cottage.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 10, 2016
Young Dixon won his first belt at Grasmere, when only about sixteen years old.
From Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting by Sidney Gilpin
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