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Dieppe

[ dee-ep; French dyep ]

noun

  1. a seaport in N France, on the English Channel: raided by an Allied expeditionary force August 1942.


Dieppe

/ djɛp; dɪˈɛp /

noun

  1. a port and resort in N France, on the English Channel. Pop: 34 653 (1999)


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Smoking, the angry and fuming king protests, had made our manners as rude as those of the fish-wives of Dieppe.

We sailed from Dieppe in a most unfavorable season, on the 26th of January, of this year 1611.

En fin il parvint Dieppe, & apres quelque sejour il se mit en mer le 26.

At last he arrived at Dieppe, and, after a sojourn there, he put to sea upon the 26th of this same month of February.

He then returned to France, and took Dieppe from the Catholics before the conclusion of peace.

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