Wallsend
Americannoun
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a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
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a type of coal widely used in Great Britain, especially for domestic purposes.
noun
Example Sentences
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He was born in Wallsend, England, in late June 1945.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
They lost a high-quality academy product, a lad from Whitley Bay who came through Wallsend Boys Club.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
Take the legendary Wallsend Boys Club, for instance.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
The Grammy-Award-winning singer-songwriter grew up in Wallsend, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and tells me he is "very proud" of his Tyneside roots.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025
A flotilla of Zeppelins shelled Blyth, Wallsend, and South Shields, on the northeastern coast of England on the night of April 14, 1915.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Miller, Francis Trevelyan
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