CORNWALLIS

Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis

(noun) commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

13 January 2025

SOAK

(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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