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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A town of south-central England on the Thames River opposite Windsor. Eton College, one of England's largest and most elite public schools, was founded by Henry VI in 1440.
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- proper noun A town in
Berkshire ,England , see w:Eton, Berkshire - proper noun A prestigious
public school for boys in the town of Eton, see w:Eton College
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Eton with the spirit of public life and political association, the few boys with active minds mimicked the strife of parliament in their debating society, and copied the arts of journalism in the _Eton
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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Eton is certainly not phased by high prices as they recently closed their sole U. S outpost in the ritzy Plaza Hotel.
Luxury Shirt Retailer Eton To Open Madison Avenue Flagship The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Eton is certainly not phased by high prices as they recently closed their sole U. S outpost in the ritzy Plaza Hotel.
Luxury Shirt Retailer Eton To Open Madison Avenue Flagship The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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In both books, the name for a certain kind of boy at Eton is bitch.
Arrested Development 2008
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In both books, the name for a certain kind of boy at Eton is bitch.
Arrested Development 2008
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Eton is a school that is exceptionally difficult for most to gain entry to and has the excellent teachers and facilities that assist pupils who generally want to learn, to learn.
Grow up Billy Not a sheep 2008
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In both books, the name for a certain kind of boy at Eton is bitch.
Arrested Development 2008
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Eton is a school that is exceptionally difficult for most to gain entry to and has the excellent teachers and facilities that assist pupils who generally want to learn, to learn.
Archive 2008-03-01 Not a sheep 2008
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The second son of The 12th Earl of Airlie, he was educated in Eton and Oxford and commissioned in the Scots Guards where he is now on the reserve of officers.
Ulster's Place In Britain Today/The Economic Future of Great Britain 1967
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Shelley's draft manuscripts abound with drawings and doodlings, and besides his well-known sketches of romantic landscapes, sailboats, and demonic figures, he also did playful sketches of two boys in Eton costume urinating into a stream and (among the drafts of Adonais) sketched a small naked male figure with a spear (probably representing John Keats as Adonis) who was being urinated upon by a headless torso (probably representing the anonymous reviewers of the Quarterly Review [6]).
Shelley Comes of Age 1997
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