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Wallsend

[ wawlz-end ]

noun

  1. a city in Tyne and Wear, NE England, near the mouth of the Tyne River.
  2. a type of coal widely used in Great Britain, especially for domestic purposes.


Wallsend

/ ˈwɔːlzˌɛnd /

noun

  1. a town in NE England, in North Tyneside unitary authority, Tyne and Wear: situated on the River Tyne at the E end of Hadrian's Wall. Pop: 42 842 (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

Joan Scott, who was 83 at the time, had both legs amputated following the crush in Wallsend in September 2021.

From BBC

Joan Scott, then 83, was crushed under the vehicle's wheels in Wallsend, North Tyneside, on 19 September 2021.

From BBC

The primary school teacher donned her wedding outfit and cut a cake alongside her husband at the Eothen care home in Wallsend, North Tyneside, which specialises in caring for people with dementia.

From BBC

A head teacher from Wallsend, in north Tyneside, recently told me the cuts to Sure Start centres had resulted in many children starting school well below the social and academic level of previous intakes.

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Sulle Alhaji, who grew up in Wallsend, joined the Parachute Regiment in 1978 "to get himself out of trouble".

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