Provincetown

[ prov-ins-toun ]

/ ˈprɒv ɪnsˌtaʊn /

noun

a town at the tip of Cape Cod, in SE Massachusetts: resort.

Example sentences from the Web for provincetown

Although, speaking of resorts, now that Provincetown is out, weather on Sea of Azov is lovely in August.

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Later we learn that “Lennon and his wife had purchased a condo about a mile and a half from the Mailer home” in Provincetown, RI.

Norman Mailer: A Life Lived Loud |Adam Begley |October 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
So at Provincetown, when the Mayflower first dropped anchor in 1620, the Pilgrims did likewise.

The Real Story Behind Thanksgiving |Nick Bunker |November 24, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
During my visits to Provincetown, I marveled as I watched the family cook, sing together, and play on the beach together.

They Were Perfect Together |Lawrence Schiller |November 22, 2010 |DAILY BEAST

This meant dinner together every night and family vacations to Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Thank God My Moms Are Lesbians |Ry Russo-Young |June 21, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
When the storm came up, they endeavored to get into Provincetown harbor.

Cape Cod |Henry D. Thoreau
Seeing what a share they have in preserving Provincetown, I shall always respect a bog or a morass.

Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast |Samuel Adams Drake
Do you think that if we put you ashore at Provincetown, you could keep out of the captains way?

Four Afloat |Ralph Henry Barbour
They tried to sail around the cape to the southward, but storms drove them back, and they anchored in Provincetown harbor.

A Short History of the United States |Edward Channing
Well try for Provincetown, seeing that I told him we were going to Duxbury.

Four Afloat |Ralph Henry Barbour

British Dictionary definitions for provincetown

Provincetown

/ (ˈprɒvɪnsˌtaʊn) /

noun

a village in SE Massachusetts, at the tip of Cape Cod: scene of the first landing place of the Pilgrims (1620) and of the signing of the Mayflower Compact (1620). Pop: 3472 (2003 est)

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