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CHESTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city of southeastern Pennsylvania on the Delaware river (an industrial suburb of Philadelphia)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Meronyms (parts of "Chester"):
Commodore John Barry Bridge (a cantilever bridge in Chester, Pennsylvania)
Holonyms ("Chester" is a part of...):
Keystone State; PA; Pa.; Pennsylvania (a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies)
Context examples:
In vain Mrs. Chester alluded to her 'charming novel', and the Misses Chester introduced parties, picnics, the opera, and the fashions.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I can do it, for I have May Chester as a model, and I'll improve upon her.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mrs. Chester asked me if I would, and I offered to tend a table, as I have nothing but my time to give.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
No hint of this had reached the culprits, however, and Amy's dismay can be imagined, when, the very evening before the fair, as she was putting the last touches to her pretty table, Mrs. Chester, who, of course, resented the supposed ridicule of her daughter, said, in a bland tone, but with a cold look...
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
"I hate to be patronized, and the Chesters think it's a great favor to allow us to help with their highly connected fair. I wonder you consented, Amy, they only want you to work."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Jo said this with such a droll imitation of May Chester's gushing style that Amy got out of the room as rapidly as possible, feeling a strong desire to laugh and cry at the same time.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mrs. Chester's fair was so very elegant and select that it was considered a great honor by the young ladies of the neighborhood to be invited to take a table, and everyone was much interested in the matter.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Mrs. Chester fancied beforehand that it would be easy to deliver this little speech, but when the time came, she found it rather difficult to utter it naturally, with Amy's unsuspicious eyes looking straight at her full of surprise and trouble.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Jo behaved herself with exemplary propriety, and when Amy was happily surrounded by her guard of honor, Jo circulated about the Hall, picking up various bits of gossip, which enlightened her upon the subject of the Chester change of base.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
'Charge, Chester, charge!' is the motto for that table, but do your duty like men, and you'll get your money's worth of art in every sense of the word, said the irrepressible Jo, as the devoted phalanx prepared to take the field.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
