Kirkby

/ (ˈkɜːbɪ) /

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noun

a town in NW England, in Knowsley unitary authority, Merseyside. Pop: 40 006 (2001)

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Words nearby Kirkby

Kirilenko, Kirin, Kirinyaga, Kiritimati, kirk, Kirkby, Kirkcaldy, Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Kirke, Kirkenes

British Dictionary definitions for Kirkby (2 of 2)

Kirkby²

/ (kɜːkbɪ) /

noun

Dame Emma. born 1949, British soprano, specializing in performances of early music with period instruments

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How to use Kirkby in a sentence

Castillo died at Pickering in 1845, and five years later a complete edition of his poems was published at Kirkby Moorside.
Yorkshire Dialect Poems|F.W. Moorman
Soon after Lady Byrons arrival at Kirkby, her mother drew from her some of the circumstances of her misery.
Byron|Richard Edgcumbe
She and her husband lived in Kirkby Lonsdale, in Cumberland.
Remarkable Rogues|Charles Kingston
"Nor me; I'd a heap ruther it had got me than her," said Kirkby simply.
The Chalice Of Courage|Cyrus Townsend Brady

Indeed there was but little that came before him that old Kirkby did not see.
The Chalice Of Courage|Cyrus Townsend Brady