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Bournemouth

[ boorn-muhth, bawrn-, bohrn- ]

noun

  1. a city in Dorset in S England: seashore resort.


Bournemouth

/ ˈbɔːnməθ /

noun

  1. a resort in S England, in Bournemouth unitary authority, Dorset, on the English Channel. Pop: 167 527 (2001)
  2. a unitary authority in SE Dorset. Pop: 163 700 (2003 est). Area: 46 sq km (17 sq miles)
“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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Peter's prediction: Brighton really impressed me at Anfield with their one-touch football, but everyone knows Bournemouth are decent at home.

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Villa are playing slightly deeper and less assertively, such as in draws with Man Utd and Bournemouth.

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During the Labour conference in Bournemouth in 1999, his government car took him 250 yards from his hotel to the conference centre.

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This defeat is the second blemish on the Bournemouth fighter's record, his other loss to Londoner Richard Riakporhe in 2019.

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It was far from the raucous crowd Billam-Smith is used to back home, but at ringside there was some familiar faces with Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe - also a legendary former player and manager of Billam-Smith's beloved AFC Bournemouth - and some of his players in attendance.

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