Stamford

[ stam-ferd ]

/ ˈstæm fərd /

noun

a city in SW Connecticut.

a male given name.

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Her ravings back then had caused her boyfriend, 54-year-old Eric Francis, to call the Stamford police.
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The company last year announced it is considering plans to build a lavish new headquarters in Stamford.
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He spied a train running north out of Stamford, swung over above it, and raced with it.
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From 1854 he made his home in Stamford, Connecticut, where he died on the 15th of December 1894.
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He winced a little, also, when he remembered that he was regarded as one of the heroes of the great battle of Stamford bridge.
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"I might get something to do over at Stamford," she faltered, as if knowing that he knew she had no hope.
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They had to be driven back to the “Haycock,” and Barker took them on to Stamford.
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British Dictionary definitions for stamford

Stamford

/ (ˈstæmfəd) /

noun

a city in SW Connecticut, on Long Island Sound: major chemical research laboratories. Pop: 120 107 (2003 est)

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