Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A borough of southeast England on the English Channel at the entrance to the Strait of Dover. Hastings is near the site of William the Conqueror's victory over the Anglo-Saxons under Harold II (October 14, 1066).
- Thomas,American architect who with his partner John Merven Carrère designed the office buildings of the US Senate and House of Representatives (1905–1909) and the New York Public Library (1897–1911).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease.
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- noun the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest
- noun a town in East Sussex just to the south of the place where the battle of Hastings took place
- noun United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)
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India, and should be contrasted with Lord Macaulay's celebrated indictment of Hastings; Sir John Strachey, _Hastings and the Rohilla
A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923
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HASTINGS - A house built by students at Central Community College in Hastings will be auctioned off on May 6.
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HASTINGS - It may seem impossible to believe while looking out your window this morning, but Saturday morning was the perfect time to plant nearly 20 trees at the new Highland Park Arboretum in Hastings.
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HASTINGS -- Velma L. Millard, 80, died Monday (June 15, 2009) at Perkins Pavilion in Hastings.
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HASTINGS - It may seem impossible to believe while looking out your window this morning, but Saturday morning was the perfect time to plant nearly 20 trees at the new Highland Park Arboretum in Hastings.
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The owner of every hotel in Hastings, is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt.
Weird US Laws 2002
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Then Alcee Hastings is dumber than a box of rocks. janis
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The premise of the show is that DCS Foyle is a British policeman in Hastings during WWII, going around having to solve crimes that are caused or complicated or otherwise affected by the war and its environs.
mrissa: I might have called it Sam and Milner's War, but it's still good. mrissa 2010
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The premise of the show is that DCS Foyle is a British policeman in Hastings during WWII, going around having to solve crimes that are caused or complicated or otherwise affected by the war and its environs.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway timprov 2010
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Alcee Hastings is proof that crooks can be elected.
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