Basingstoke

[ bai-zing-stohk ]

/ ˈbɛə zɪŋˌstoʊk /

a city in Hampshire, S central England.

Example sentences from the Web for basingstoke

So in a very few years there was peace at Basingstoke, and a through-carriage daily from Birkenhead to Southampton.

Speculations from Political Economy |C. B. Clarke
Still, it was friendly of him to go right away to Basingstoke to say it.

First Plays |A. A. Milne
The train was an express, stopping only at Basingstoke and Eastleigh.

Long Live the King |Guy Boothby
The train reached Basingstoke; Joseph put his head out of the open window, and called loudly to a porter.

Henry Dunbar |M. E. Braddon

The Basingstoke aint fur enoo, whur I meant to ave took him.

Cradock Nowell, Vol. 3 (of 3) |Richard Doddridge Blackmore

Basingstoke

/ (ˈbeɪzɪŋˌstəʊk) /

a town in S England, in N Hampshire. Pop: 90 171 (2001)