cove n
   1 [1857 GREY 1] Portugal Cove, 'The Cove,' as it is often called, is distant 10 miles West from St John's. 1920 Deep Sea Fishers xviii (4), 123 'Well, Doctor, you're welcome to this cove.' 1984 GOUGH 52 That was until Pastor Roberts arrived in the cove. Came first with what looked like a circus tent...and all the children on their way home from school stopped by to watch the flapping and the billowing. 1987 STRONG 75 To solve the problem [of accurate lists of union membership we devised a system] based on the cove or village where the member resided so that all the members who came from a particular area got the letter assigned to that area.
   2 [1985] MAHER 22 We also got a part of the Tidal Wave [of 1929]...the harbour water had risen about two feet over the tops of the wharves. All the coves on Water Street were almost covered in water.

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