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combe

 (ko͞om)
n. Chiefly British
1. also coom or coombe (ko͞om)
a. A steep, deep valley, especially one running down to the sea.
b. A dry, bowl-shaped valley or hollow on the side of a hill.
2. See cirque.
[Middle English coumb, hollow, valley, from Old English cumb, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cwm, valley.]
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combe

(kuːm) or

comb

n
(Physical Geography) variant spellings of coomb
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combe

(kum, koʊm)

n. Brit.
a valley enclosed on all but one side.
[before 1000; Old English cumb valley < British Celtic; compare cwm]
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After her came grey wolves, fawning on her, and grim- eyed lions, and bears, and fleet leopards, ravenous for deer: and she was glad in heart to see them, and put desire in their breasts, so that they all mated, two together, about the shadowy coombes.
He carried me over many fields of mortal men and over much land untilled and unpossessed, where savage wild-beasts roam through shady coombes, until I thought never again to touch the life-giving earth with my feet.
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It was from Coombe Tracey, and it was addressed in a woman's hand."
Tomorrow morning I shall find my way to Coombe Tracey, and if I can see this Mrs.
I dare say he goes to Coombe Tracey for what he wants."
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The horns of the crescent slowly moved apart, until at last they formed a line from Hanwell to Coombe and Malden.
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Barbara Coombes, 63, walked into a police station on Sunday and reportedly said she had killed ex-soldier Kenneth Coombes more than a decade ago.
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