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kensington
/ˈkɛn.zɪŋ.tən/
name 5noun 2
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4ADJ.
affected, all, dedicated, new, supporting
VERB + KENSINGTON
channels
KENSINGTON + NOUN
midwood
PREP.
in
Definitions
name
1
An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.
2
A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).
3
A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
4
A number of places in the United States:
5
A number of places in the United States:
noun
1
Alternative letter-case form of kensington (“sewing circle”).
She wished Kate had not told her of the weekly sewing club, of the matinee-parties, the afternoon Kensingtons, the times down town when they had met, and Elsie had been, according to Kate's glowing account, "the life of the crowd."
Besides the usual social affairs given in the usual ways, Iota chapter is giving a series of Pre-Holiday Kensingtons and teas entertaining forty different girls, the majority of whom are to be non-sorority girls, each afternoon. The guests are invited to bring their Holiday sewing and the affairs are to be very informal.
noun
1
A sewing circle for women.
Owing to a scarcity of coal in the University, we girls had an unexpected week of vacation, and the town girls helped us make the time fly, with kensingtons and bridge parties.
House-parties and kensingtons were the predominating features of the ΔΗ girls' summer.
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To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too.
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“There are over 150 channels dedicated to Kensington and all the things that take place here,” said Sarah Laurel, founder of Savage Sisters, a non-profit in Kensington supporting those affected by sub
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She wished Kate had not told her of the weekly sewing club, of the matinee-parties, the afternoon Kensingtons, the times down town when they had met, and Elsie had been, according to Kate's glowing ac
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Besides the usual social affairs given in the usual ways, Iota chapter is giving a series of Pre-Holiday Kensingtons and teas entertaining forty different girls, the majority of whom are to be non-sor
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The second in a series of delightful knitting Kensingtons was given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. E. A. Wall at her handsome home.
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Owing to a scarcity of coal in the University, we girls had an unexpected week of vacation, and the town girls helped us make the time fly, with kensingtons and bridge parties.
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