Blackstone

//ˈblækstən// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    A gritstone escarpment in the Pennine hills on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire.

Example

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"Among some who have read Blackstone and more who have not an opinion prevails that a husband may chastise his wife provided the weapon be not thicker than his little finger."

Etymology

From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).

Related phrases

Blackstone Heights

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