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Newmarket
[ noo-mahr-kit, nyoo- ]
noun
- a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada, NW of Toronto.
- a town in W Suffolk, in E England, E of Cambridge: horse races.
- (often lowercase) Also called Newmarket coat. a long, close-fitting coat worn in the 19th century as an overcoat by women and as a riding coat by men.
- British. the card game Michigan.
newmarket
1/ ˈnjuːˌmɑːkɪt /
noun
- a double-breasted waisted coat with a full skirt worn, esp for riding, in the 19th century
- a simple gambling card game
Newmarket
2/ ˈnjuːˌmɑːkɪt /
noun
- a town in SE England, in W Suffolk: a famous horse-racing centre since the reign of James I. Pop: 16 947 (2001)
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All this time, both at Kensington and Newmarket, the Spanish question was the subject of constant and earnest discussion.
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Nowhere, however, does the peal seem to have been so great as on the Newmarket road.
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It was of him that the clerk said that ‘next Sunday there would be no Divine sarvice, as maaster was going to Newmarket.’
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Fox and other gamesters of the wild time supplemented the faro-bank by betting at Newmarket.
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He sometimes made excursions to Newmarket; but never engaged on the turf.
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