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Shrewsbury

[ shrooz-ber-ee, -buh-ree shrohz- ]

noun

  1. a city now part of Shrewsbury and Atcham, in Salop, in W England.
  2. a town in central Massachusetts.


Shrewsbury

/ ˈʃrəʊzbərɪ; -brɪ; ˈʃruːz- /

noun

  1. a town in W central England, administrative centre of Shropshire, on the River Severn: strategically situated near the Welsh border; market town. Pop: 67 126 (2001)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Since then, St. John's has moved to the suburbs—hence the "Shrewsbury"—and become a high-rent prep school.

In his twenty-third year he became manager of the Shrewsbury and Ludlow Railway—probably the youngest railway manager recorded.

We made a late start from Chester, but reached Shrewsbury in time to visit many parts of the town after dinner.

He roused himself, however, and promptly communicated by writing with Shrewsbury and Orford.

We should naturally expect that few towns would have a stronger infusion of local feeling than Shrewsbury.

Shrewsbury, then, exhibits a character eminently its own, from whatever point we view its history.

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