Blackpool

[ blak-pool ]

/ ˈblækˌpul /

noun

a seaport in W Lancashire, in NW England: resort.

Example sentences from the Web for blackpool

See what happens when I tell your wife about you and Angela Heaney at the Blackpool Conference.

The New Film Skewering Blair and Bush |Jamie Malanowski |July 25, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
They have a bell which sounds like the trams running from Blackpool to Bispham and beyond.

At Ypres with Best-Dunkley |Thomas Hope Floyd
At Whitsuntide he said he would go to Blackpool for four days with his friend Newton.

Sons and Lovers |David Herbert Lawrence
He was a Lancashire man, being a native of Rossall, near Blackpool.

The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter |Henry Hawkes Spink Jr.

It should be added that 130 miles was recorded as the total flown at Doncaster, while at Blackpool only 115 miles were flown.

A History of Aeronautics |E. Charles Vivian
We took up our quarters at Blackpool, as there was no accommodation to be had in Preston.

Reminiscences of Queensland |William Henry Corfield

British Dictionary definitions for blackpool

Blackpool

/ (ˈblækˌpuːl) /

noun

a town and resort in NW England, in Blackpool unitary authority, Lancashire on the Irish Sea: famous for its tower, 158 m (518 ft) high, and its illuminations. Pop: 142 283 (2001)

a unitary authority in NW England, in Lancashire. Pop: 142 400 (2003 est). Area: 35 sq km (13 sq miles)

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