Lowestoft

[ lohs-tawft, -toft, -tuh f ]

/ ˈloʊs tɔft, -tɒft, -təf /

noun

a seaport in NE Suffolk, in E England: famous for a type of china.

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Examples from the Web for lowestoft

He visited the fishing port of Lowestoft, and then walked down the coast to Southwold.
Walking In The Footsteps Of W.G. Sebald, Hiker, Novelist, Strange Genius|Edward Platt|June 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rotterdam, where Lowestoft ware was stored, was the seat of an immense commerce between Holland and China.
Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings|Mary H. Northend
He certainly had been foolish to bring her to Lowestoft, and the close neighbourhood of Carbury Manor;—and now he felt his folly.
The Way We Live Now|Anthony Trollope
Yarmouth Roads receded into the morrow; Lowestoft (if the chief could crack her up to thirteen) was possible, but unlikely.
Merchantmen-at-Arms|David W. Bone

Thence summoned to a command in the Dutch War, he was mortally wounded at Lowestoft.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 3|Various
It is a style of decoration which was done at Lowestoft, and also in China.
Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876|Charles Wyllys Elliott

British Dictionary definitions for lowestoft

Lowestoft

/ (ˈləʊstɒft) /

noun

a fishing port and resort in E England, in NE Suffolk on the North Sea. Pop: 68 340 (2001)

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