Word info

Torquay

Proper noun

Meaning

Torquay

A town and coastal resort in Torbay borough, in southern Devon, England.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Phrases with the word

Examples

A further blue plaque has been commissioned to be erected at the home of his favourite football club, Torquay United, Plainmoor, Torquay, in 2015. Source: Internet

Alpert 1986, pp. 40–41 Bragg 1988, pp. 50–51 In late 1944, Burton successfully completed his six-month scholarship at Exeter college, Oxford, and went to the RAF classification examinations held in Torquay to train as a pilot. Source: Internet

Christie's inspiration for this stemmed from real Belgian refugees who were living in Torquay. Source: Internet

Kipling's Torquay house, with an English heritage blue plaque on the wall. Source: Internet

Clara soon purchased a villa in Torquay named "Ashfield" in which to raise her family, and it was here that her third and final child, Agatha, was born. Source: Internet

In 2001, Cleese was cast in the comedy Rat Race as the eccentric hotel owner Donald P. Sinclair, the name of the Torquay hotel owner on whom he had based the character of Basil Fawlty. Source: Internet

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