clough
Example Sentences
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It was getting too near dark to go by the moor tops, so I made off towards a cottage in the next clough, where an old quarry-man lived, called "Jone o'Twilter's."
From Th' Barrel Organ by Waugh, Edwin
It stands on t'other side o' the lake, on the level wi' a deal o' a'ad trees behint and aside it at the gap o' the clough, under the pike o' Maiden Fells.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
"You measure from the clough, I presume, sir?" remarked Potts to Nowell.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
And he made towards the clough, as if with the intention of putting his words into execution.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison
The house nestled deep in the clough, upon a shelf of green land, near the moorland stream.
From Th' Barrel Organ by Waugh, Edwin
