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OUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A river in northeastern England that flows generally southeastward to join the Trent River and form the Humber
Synonyms:
Ouse; Ouse River
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))
Holonyms ("Ouse" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Context examples:
On my affording an opportunity, through the medium of the currency of the realm, of the allaying, at a later period, this beneficial evil, one of the men remarked:—That 'ere 'ouse, guv'nor, is the rummiest I ever was in.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
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