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cinnnamon colored |
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cinque ports
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cinque ports
CIDE DICTIONARY
cinque ports, [Cinque + port.].
Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cinque ports, n.pl. a group of ports (orig. five only) on the SE coast of England with ancient privileges.
Etymology
ME f. OF cink porz, L quinque portus five ports
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