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Clovelly
/ əˈɛɪ /
noun
- a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)
Example Sentences
“Moreover they’ve picked the wrong ship. We are sailing very short of rank. There are only three unmarried Englishmen of title on the entire passenger list. Three only. I will name them for you. There is Lord Sandown, who will be the Earl of Clovelly. But he is presently only five years old.”
Here was undoubtedly little Lord Sandown, who would one day be the Earl of Clovelly.
So this would be the Countess of Clovelly.
After a moment of heavy silence, the Countess of Clovelly spoke.
“And we have seen the last of that nasty Nanny Pratt,” I remarked.“She was lucky indeed that the Countess of Clovelly did not drop her overboard. She is lucky that she is not food for the fishes at this very moment.”
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