Stelling

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A site or position (especially at shoreline or with reference to (former) Dutch colonies)

    "For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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placepositionposition

Example

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"For a few pennies we could have a breakfast of pineapple, paw-paw, grapefruit and bananas, which could be bought a hundred yards from the stelling."

Etymology

From Dutch stelling.

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