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croydon

Word definitions for croydon in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A Croydon is a type of horse-drawn two-wheeled carriage . The first examples were seen around 1850 and were made of wicker -work, but they were later made of wood .

Gazetteer Word definitions in Gazetteer
Population (2000): 9993 Housing Units (2000): 3875 Land area (2000): 2.479705 sq. miles (6.422405 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.479705 sq. miles (6.422405 sq. km) FIPS code: 17448 Located within: Pennsylvania ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Croydon \Croy"don\, n. [From Croydon, England.] A kind of carriage like a gig, orig. of wicker-work. A kind of cotton sheeting; also, a calico.

Usage examples of croydon.

The question was addressed without preliminary as the living-room door opened and the Duchess of Croydon appeared, three of the Bedlington terriers enthusiastically at her heels.

Then, as he was on the point of leaving, the Duke and Duchess of Croydon emerged, preceded by the Bedlington terriers.

Give me the usual authorisation for the RAF then phone through to Croydon to tell them to expect us.

Edge stood outside the hangar at Cold Harbour and watched the Lysander lift off into the fog that was rolling in from the sea as Grant began the return journey to Croydon.

He continued watching as, the terriers preceding, the Duchess of Croydon swept through the St.

Croydon aerodrome later the package had been just as carefully refastened, and no one would have known that it had been opened.

There was a caption beneath the two-column photo, AMERICA'S SWEETHEART IN UK--Monica sinclair waves as she debarks a MATS transport at London's Croydon Airfield to begin a four week tour of American military bases in the UK She was greeted by Col.

The defendant, William Charles Croydon, had abducted Dandridge's sister at knifepoint as she walked from the college library to her off-campus apartment.

As I took her hand, I remembered I had got Vi off on a handling charge after the Croydon bank raid.

And then one bright day Bert, motoring toward Croydon, was arrested by the insurgence of a huge, bolster-shaped monster from the Crystal Palace grounds, and obliged to dismount and watch it.

It had been a windy night, and as he and the other Coffin Hunters entered the lit­tle glade where Rimer, accompanied by Lengyll and Croydon, were sit­ting by a small fire, Reynolds’s cloak swirled around him.