Stockport

[ stok-pawrt, -pohrt ]

/ ˈstɒkˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt /

noun

borough of Greater Manchester, in NW England.

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Examples from the Web for stockport

From Stockport to Stuyvesant Falls it improves a little, though it is somewhat hilly.
Harper's Round Table, July 9, 1895|Various
I bowed myself out, jumped on the sorrel, and started for the Stockport road.
The Yeoman Adventurer|George W. Gough
He was returned for Stockport again at the General Election; but almost at once he declared that he must retire from public life.
Lord Randolph Churchill|Winston Spencer Churchill
Four years later he was returned for Stockport by a triumphant majority.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol X|Various

On the 21st December 1805, a bag of letters for Stockport was stolen out of the mail-box while the coach was in Macclesfield.
The Royal Mail|James Wilson Hyde

British Dictionary definitions for stockport

Stockport

/ (ˈstɒkˌpɔːt) /

noun

a town in NW England, in Stockport unitary authority, Greater Manchester: an early textile centre and scene of several labour disturbances in the early 19th century; engineering, electronics. Pop: 136 082 (2001)

a unitary authority in NW England, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 282 500 (2003 est). Area: 126 sq km (49 sq miles)

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