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Bran⋅dy⋅wine

[bran-dee-wahyn]
–noun
a creek in SE Pennsylvania and N Delaware: British defeat of the Americans 1777.
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Bran·dy·wine   (brān'dē-wīn')   
A creek of southeast Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. It was the site of a major defeat of the Continental Army on September 11, 1777, thus allowing British troops to enter Philadelphia on September 27.
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