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Kinglake

American  
[king-leyk] / ˈkɪŋˌleɪk /

noun

  1. Alexander William, 1809–91, English historian.


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Keith Edwards, of Kinglake Place in The Meadows, Nottingham, was charged following demonstrations on 3 August.

From BBC Oct. 7, 2024

As Australia confronts renewed tragedy in a wildfire emergency of unprecedented scale, the people who rebuilt their lives in Kinglake after losing everything fear a repeat.

From Washington Post Jan. 15, 2020

Alexander Kinglake, in his 1844 travelogue Eothen: Traces of Travel Brought Home From the East, wrote of crossing the Sava River from the Austro-Hungarian empire into Belgrade, then on the Ottoman border:

From Slate Jan. 23, 2017

Peter Thorneycroft stood on the roof of the Kinglake National Hotel for over an hour with only a hose and bucket, protecting 20 women and children hiding inside as fires raged around them.

From The Guardian Jul. 31, 2010

It has neither the popular and slightly brusque appeal of Macaulay or Kinglake, nor the unique magnificence of Mr. Ruskin, nor the fretted and iridescent delicacy of some other writers.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury

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