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bristol

/ˈbɹɪstəl/

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What does bristol mean?

noun

  1. (slang) A woman's breast
  2. Synonym of Bristol board (“kind of heavy paper”).
  3. A shot that moves a whole pile of winks rather than just one.
More meanings (35)

proper noun

  1. A city, ceremonial county, and unitary authority in southwest England bordering Gloucestershire, Somerset and The River Severn.
  2. A former village in Carleton County, New Brunswick, Canada, merged into the town of Florenceville-Bristol in 2008.
  3. A municipality of the Ouataouais region, Quebec, Canada.
  4. A community in Region of Queens municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  5. A populated place in Limón Province, Costa Rica.
  6. A populated place in Cornwall County, Jamaica.
  7. A populated place in Loreto department, Peru.
  8. An unincorporated community in Prowers County, Colorado.
  9. A suburban city in Hartford County, Connecticut.
  10. A small city, the county seat of Liberty County, Florida.
  11. An unincorporated community in Pierce County, Georgia.
  12. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Kendall County, Illinois.
  13. A town in Washington Township, Elkhart County, Indiana.
  14. A town in Lincoln County, Maine.
  15. An unincorporated community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
  16. A ghost town in Lake County, Michigan.
  17. A township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
  18. A community in the city of Independence, Jackson County, Missouri.
  19. A town and census-designated place therein. in Grafton County, New Hampshire.
  20. A town in Ontario County, New York.
  21. A township in Morgan County, Ohio.
  22. An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Perry County, Ohio.
  23. A borough and township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
  24. A town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, and the traditional county seat.
  25. A tiny city in Day County, South Dakota.
  26. A city in Sullivan County, Tennessee.
  27. A census-designated place in Ellis County, Texas.
  28. A town in Addison County, Vermont.
  29. An independent city in Virginia.
  30. An unincorporated community in Kittitas County, Washington.
  31. An unincorporated community in Harrison County, West Virginia.
  32. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin.
  33. A former town in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, disestablished in 2010; most of the town became the village of Bristol, while the remainder was annexed to the village of Pleasant Prairie.
  34. A village in Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
  35. A surname from Old English.
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“Well,” said the other, “but all the other money’s gone now, ain’t it? You daren’t show face in Bristol after this.”
Robert Louis StevensonTreasure IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #120
He had formerly been in business at Bristol, but failed in debt to a number of people, compounded and went to America.
Benjamin FranklinThe Autobiography of Benjamin FranklinProject Gutenberg ebook #148
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The rich brother-in-law near Bristol was the pride of the alliance, and his place and his carriages were the pride of him.
Jane AustenEmmaProject Gutenberg ebook #158
He had a weekly allowance, from the society, of a vessel filled with human ordure, about the bigness of a Bristol barrel.
Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #829
Spads and Bristol fighters, Sopwith scouts and F.E.'s played their part in the race, and design was still advancing when peace came.
Evelyn Charles Vivian; W. Lockwood (William Lockwood) MarshA History of AeronauticsProject Gutenberg ebook #874