Ramsgate

[ramz-geyt; British ramz-git]

noun

a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.

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Historical Examples of ramsgate

Coleridge passed some weeks at Ramsgate in the late autumn of 1824.
The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
He had some business to do further on at Ramsgate, and would pick them up as he returned.
At the Back of the North Wind
George MacDonald
Ramsgate—a village on the shore of D'Entrecasteaux's channel, in Kent.
The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2)
John West
Some said, 'The Ramsgate lifeboat has been here and taken the man off.'
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
Thomas Stanley Treanor
The first lifeboat placed in Ramsgate was called the Northumberland.
Heroes of the Goodwin Sands
Thomas Stanley Treanor

British Dictionary definitions for ramsgate

Ramsgate

noun

a port and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the North Sea coast. Pop: 37 967 (2001)

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