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Exeter
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tags: [geography]
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Definition:the capital of Devonshire, on the Exe, 75 m. SW. of Bristol, a quaint old town; contains a celebrated cathedral founded in 1112.Rev. James Wood. The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907)
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the clouds left us at Exeter, they rolled away behind us, leaving a great blue sky above our heads and a white road in front of us.
Daphne du Maurier. Rebecca (1938)
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General Macarthur looked out of the carriage window. The train was just coming into Exeter, where he had to change.
Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None (1939)
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