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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A borough of northwest England north-northwest of Manchester.

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  • proper noun A metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England

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Examples

  • The 64-page book, to be auctioned at Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was expected to fetch around £400.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • The undeniably impressive two-floored Laser Quest at Bedford Megabowl or the sadly vanished Rollerbury in Bury St Edmunds were our early destinations of choice.

    Could a war game and a stage set be the perfect match? Andy Field 2010

  • Before the A14 "improvements", I have stood one side of the River Lark in Bury St Edmunds, with half the KEGS boys.

    Forget the weather ! Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • Fourteen years ago I found a very similar Roman coin, right, which was recorded and identified at my local museum in Bury St Edumnds, Suffolk.

    Media Maxine 2009

  • There will be further performances in Bury St Edmonds and London, and then at the Stour festival in June.

    Vivaldi flute concerto discovered Severin Carrell 2010

  • The 64-page book, to be auctioned at Bonhams Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was expected to fetch around £400.

    18th century spell book went unnoticed 2009

  • In another case, 80-year-old clergyman John Lowes was forced to conduct his own funeral service before he was hanged in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1645.

    UK: Witches could get posthumous pardon for execution 2008

  • But HBO has a bad track record for miscasting their biopics: Robert Duvall as the twisted genius Stalin; Gary Sinise as Truman; Aiden Quinn in Bury My Heart.

    Being John Adams - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Some families in Bury St. Edmunds, England, are upset at the way the borough council tested the stability of stones in the local cemetery.

    A Sure Way to Test Fragility 2006

  • No one in Bury had ever seen the shape of Wayland, but all believed in him devoutly, for this was told of him, and truly: that any one coming to the ferry with an unshod steed had only to lay a penny on the ground and cry aloud, "Wayland Smith, shoe me my horse!" and so withdraw.

    Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard 1922

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