margate
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- noun
- /ˈmɑrɡeɪt/
- US
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margate
- But in 1827, the Booths moved to Cold Harbour, Margate.
Examples
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So far, there is no evidence of when Booth moved to Margate.
Academic text (2018) -
They're hitting Dover, Margate, and the camps around Canterbury.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's not sand castles on Margate Beach.
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She married Henry Pound, a mariner of Margate, the son and grandson of mariners, on 8 February 1818.
Academic text (2018) -
On 21 March 1821, Henry Pound, his brother Daniel, and five others were lost as the Queen galley sank on Margate Sands (24).
Academic text (2018) -
The Margate rating records refer to a widow Pound in Neptune Square after March 1821, which is where the older Daniel Pound (1769-1836) had been living for years.
Academic text (2018) -
The first reliable news we have of him is at the baptism of the son of John and Sophia Caroline Booth in November 1825 at St John's, Margate, probably implying they were living in Margate at that stage.
Academic text (2018) -
A very recent biographer, Franny Moyle, says that the couple married in 1825, knowing that their son John Pound Booth was baptized on 13 November 1825 in Margate.
Academic text (2018) -
The margate is a colorful fish that thrives in warm tropical waters.
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While snorkeling, I spotted a beautiful margate swimming near the coral reef.
Synonyms
A sea fish with a red mouth that lives from Florida to Brazil
Compounds
A dark grey fish with a deep body that lives in warm Atlantic waters and that people eat
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word margate may come from a Spanish or Portuguese form of the old root margar-, which means 'pearl' and is also in the name Margaret. So, think of the margate as a shiny, 'pearl'-like fish with a silvery body, which helps explain its name.