Basildon

[ bey-zuhl-duhn, baz-uhl- ]

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noun

a town in S Essex, in SE England: designated as a model residential community after World War II.

Basildon

/ ˈbæzɪldən /

a town in SE England, in S Essex: designated a new town in 1955. Pop: 99 876 (2001)

In Sydney it was across the Harbor, in London it was outside the city in Basildon or Slough.

Sure it was some such name as Basildon or Basildene -- the name of some fair spot, I trow, where she must once have lived.

There is Basildon—and Hurley—and Pangbourne, with its roaring lasher.

Basildon is quite as bad; he is as domestic as if he was a bachelor.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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