Aylesbury

[ eylz-buh-ree, -bree ]

/ ˈeɪlz bə ri, -bri /

one of an English breed of white, domestic ducks.

Origin of Aylesbury

First recorded in 1850–55; named after Aylesbury, England

Inspector Aylesbury turned his prominent eyes in my direction.

Bat Wing |Sax Rohmer
We dressed at Aylesbury, and proceeded to Hartwell in the afternoon.

The Greville Memoirs |Charles C. F. Greville
Fortunately a down train for Aylesbury had just passed the freight train, or it would have been much worse.

Ten Years in India |W.J.D. Gould
To one, the Earl of Aylesbury, the Archbishop himself opened the door.

Stray Studies from England and Italy |John Richard Greene

It began to rain hard just after Royston, and went on raining, and we had trouble in lighting the acetylene lamps after Aylesbury.

Through East Anglia in a Motor Car |J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent

Aylesbury

/ (ˈeɪlzbərɪ, -brɪ) /

a town in SE central England, administrative centre of Buckinghamshire. Pop: 69 021 (2001)