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Chesapeake

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[ches-uh-peek] / ˈtʃɛs əˌpik /

noun

  1. (italics) a U.S. frigate boarded in 1807 by the British, who removed part of its crew and impressed some members into British service: captured by the British in naval battle near Boston in 1813.

  2. a city in SE Virginia.

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