Chincoteague

[ shing-kuh-teeg, ching- ]

noun
  1. a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay ) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.

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How to use Chincoteague in a sentence

  • This loft over a former groggery is no place for you: the news will spread from Chincoteague to Arlington.

    The Entailed Hat | George Alfred Townsend
  • The moonlight scarcely fretted the soft expanse of Chincoteague Bay.

    Tales of the Chesapeake | George Alfred Townsend
  • The bay of Chincoteague is five or six miles wide, and the nearest hamlet is in Virginia, as is Chincoteague island also.

    Tales of the Chesapeake | George Alfred Townsend
  • Wrecks came ashore on the submerged shoal of Chincoteague, but there were now no wreckers to labor for salvage.

    Tales of the Chesapeake | George Alfred Townsend
  • If they wanted money for public enterprise on the mainland, the Jew of Chincoteague was first to be thought of.

    Tales of the Chesapeake | George Alfred Townsend