Haverford

[ hav-er-ferd ]

/ ˈhæv ər fərd /

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noun

a township in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

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How to use Haverford in a sentence

Euler, 23, from the Villanova section of Montgomery County, was a star lacrosse player from The Haverford School.
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Scott befriended Brooks, 18, a 2013 graduate of The Haverford School.
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Scott, 25, graduated from The Haverford School, an all-boys, $33,000 per year prep school in the town of Haverford, in 2008.
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How would you compare yourself to Tom Haverford, who you play on Parks?
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I was a freshman at Haverford College in 1975, and was literally besieged by my classmates.
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Mr. Haverford had distinctly indicated in his letter to Mr. Litlebrown that he was to be built up by degrees.
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The movement found Doctor Haverford, at her left, unprepared and with his coffee cup in his hand.
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The rector was the other, and he was relieved to find Doctor Haverford moving up to the vacant place at his right.
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"I told Doctor Haverford to-night that we would like to give him a car, Natalie," he began directly.
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But Mrs. Haverford had not fought the verbal battles of the parish for twenty years in vain.
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