Spencer Gulf

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an inlet of the Indian Ocean, in SE South Australia. 200 miles (322 km) long and 80 miles (129 km) wide.

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spelunk, spelunker, Spemann, spence, spencer, Spencer Gulf, Spencerian, spend, spendable, spender, spending money

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How to use Spencer Gulf in a sentence

And yes, someone has already called Spencer a “Small Fry,” har har.
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For his part, Bratton is disappointed but not surprised that the same narrative is already being mapped onto Fry and Spencer.
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Spencer, 27, is variously described as a writer and a stand-up comic.
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Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
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The outlets giving these pronouncements the most airtime are Arabic news stations in the Gulf.
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Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach.
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Her glance wandered from his face away toward the Gulf, whose sonorous murmur reached her like a loving but imperative entreaty.
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There are two principal bays of vast size, one called the gulf of St. Lawrence, the other French bay.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
Spencer Perceval, prime minister of Great Britain, shot in the lobby of the house of commons.
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But this port (to obviate misunderstanding) is not on the Ocean lying eastward, but on that gulf which I have called French bay.
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British Dictionary definitions for Spencer Gulf

Spencer Gulf

noun

an inlet of the Indian Ocean in S Australia, between the Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas. Length: about 320 km (200 miles). Greatest width: about 145 km (90 miles)

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