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Definition of Portobello
1. [n -LOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portobello
Literary usage of Portobello
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Romantic Edinburgh by John Geddie (1900)
"CHAPTER XXIII portobello IN 1896 an Act was passed by which the burgh of portobello
... Socially, the annexation of portobello to Edinburgh is an old story ..."
2. History of Central America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1886)
"PANAMA, portobello, AND PIRACY. 1601-1670. AN AUDIENCIA AGAIN ESTABLISHED IN
PANAMA—ITS PRESIDENTS—CAPTAIN PARKER'S RAID ON ..."
3. The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man by James Geikie (1894)
"time to time exposed in the clay-pits at portobello, and at Tyrie in Fifeshire.
... Contorted beds ; clay c, and sand s : portobello. rough sketches (Figs. ..."
4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In 1866 the university of Glasgow conferred on him the degree of DD In 1869 he
demitted the charge of his congregation, and went to reside at portobello, ..."
5. A Tour in Tartan-land by Cuthbert Bede (1863)
"Musselburgh—Fisherrow—portobello—The Scottish Margate —Bathing ... It is now to
Edinburgh what Margate is to London; except that portobello is only ..."
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