clough

Example Sentences

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What said I to thee, Goody Dickisson, in the clough yonder, by the hollow trunk of the oak?

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

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

"You are quite sure the hut is behind the clough; and the rindle, which, being interpreted from your base vernacular, I believe means a gutter, in front of it?"

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 road turns off sharply inland at Vitt, a tiny fisher-hamlet we came upon unexpectedly, hidden in a deep clough.

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Arnim, Elizabeth von