Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: southampton
IPA transcription: [s,aʊθh'æmptən]
Usage examples
  • We got off the boat at Southampton, and went up to town.
  • He rode to Southampton, that he might find a ship equipped for sea, and so came to Barfleur.
  • Sir William Fitz-Williams, high admiral, was created earl of Southampton; Sir William Paulet, Lord St. John; Sir John Russel, Lord Russel.
  • Having partaken of a copious breakfast, with fish, and rice, and hard eggs, at Southampton, he had so far rallied at Winchester as to think a glass of sherry necessary.
  • Jos descended from the post-chaise and down the creaking swaying steps in awful state, supported by the new valet from Southampton and the shuddering native, whose brown face was now livid with cold and of the colour of a turkey's gizzard.