Ramsgate

[ ramz-geyt; British ramz-git ]

/ ˈræmzˌgeɪt; British ˈræmz gɪt /

a seaport in NE Kent, in SE England: resort.

Example sentences from the Web for ramsgate

Ramsgate and other landmarks passed, and away in the open sea it was just a gale.

Johnny Ludlow. First Series |Mrs. Henry Wood
Dickens consented, and we find that his amusing little story, entitled "The Tuggses at Ramsgate," constitutes the opening paper.

Dickens and His Illustrators |Frederic G. Kitton
I was told that the Ramsgate lifeboat could not well be out in less than an hour.

Man on the Ocean |R.M. Ballantyne
Ramsgate—with the exception of its highest spires—was overshadowed by the wing of approaching night.

The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands |R.M. Ballantyne

In 1788 he used a cast-iron one in repairing Ramsgate harbour; a forcing-pump in a boat supplied air through a flexible tube.

A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume I (of 2) |Johann Beckman

Ramsgate

/ (ˈræmzˌɡeɪt) /

a port and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the North Sea coast. Pop: 37 967 (2001)