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blackpool
/ˈblækˌpul/
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What does blackpool mean?
proper noun
- A town, seaside resort, borough and unitary authority in Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3136).
- A hamlet in Brixton parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5654).
- A hamlet in Ilsington parish, Teignbridge district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8174)
More meanings (3)
proper noun
- A hamlet in Martletwy community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0614).
- A suburb of Cork, County Cork, Ireland.
- A settlement on Waiheke Island, Auckland region, New Zealand.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈblækˌpul/
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He was having a good time, as young fellows will in a place like Blackpool.
A meeting at Doncaster was practically simultaneous with the Blackpool week; Delagrange, Le Blon, Sommer, and Cody were the principal figures in this event.
More book examples (2)
Mr Roberton, moreover, advises that the child should be sent away at once from home, either to a bracing sea-side place, such as Blackpool or Fleetwood; or to a mountainous district, such as Buxton.
At Blackpool in August, and on Hampstead Heath on Bank Holidays, a corresponding spirit of revelry is attempted, but it is not so natural, and is vitiated by a self-conscious determination to be gay and by not a little vulgarity.