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combe

[koom, kohm] / kum, koʊm /


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Still talking quietly, he led Pipkin out into the overgrown combe.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

Of course, I had already heard similar sentiments a few moments earlier, but Mr Morgan actually said: 'It's a privilege to have a gentleman like yourself here in Mos- combe, sir.'

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro

To the west again was a shallow, dry downland combe, perhaps four hundred yards across and overgrown with weeds and rough, yellowing summer tussocks.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The rough, weed-covered ground of the combe sloped away below them, a long dip bounded on the north by Caesar’s Belt.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

They reached the track above the combe and began to make their way along it with some caution, since the sunset was in their eyes.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams


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