Old Harry
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of Old Harry
First recorded in 1730–40
Example Sentences
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Marine biologist Dr Alice Hall of Bournemouth University also dived on a chalk boulder reef site near Old Harry Rocks where two ships had recently moored.
From BBC
The woman, in her 60s, had been walking at Old Harry Rocks near Swanage, just before 16:00 BST on Friday.
From BBC
Lifeboats, a helicopter, ambulance and police were involved in the rescue of two of them from cliffs at Old Harry Rocks near Swanage on Thursday evening.
From BBC
Mr Cavoto, 51, from Buxton in Derbyshire, said he saw a "business opportunity" when he sold some of his daughter's old Harry Potter books on eBay.
From BBC
But the new ink reportedly covers an old “Harry Potter”-inspired tattoo that Refinery29 reported read “9 ¾” — a reference to the platform Hogwarts students would enter to catch the train to the magical school.
From Fox News
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