Lyonnesse
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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This was the date of June 8th, 1920, the day when I had met him at the Lyonnesse Club.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
It was the same back I had seen, in the same haste, leaving the Lyonnesse Club less than two hours ago.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
They drove the traitors back until they came at length to Lyonnesse by the sea.
From King Arthur and His Knights by Enright, Walter J.
What a history had unfolded since that afternoon when I had found him in the Lyonnesse Club, gazing at his image in the glass of a framed print on the wall!
From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
The region of Lyonnesse was supposed to be adjacent to Cornwall, and the sea now covers it.
From Selections from Wordsworth and Tennyson by Wordsworth, William
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