margate

margate [mahr-git, -geyt] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a red-mouthed grunt, Haemulon album, inhabiting Atlantic waters from Florida to Brazil, valued as a food fish.

Origin of margate First recorded in 1725–35; perhaps after Margate Margate [mahr-git, -geyt for 1; mahr-geyt for 2] noun

1. a city in NE Kent, in SE England: seaside resort.
2. a city in SE Florida.

Examples from the Web for margate Contemporary Examples of margate

Unsurprisingly, his first job entailed scampering around the Dreamland Fun Fairground at the seaside town of Margate.

Marty Feldman: Dead Cool

Simon Doonan

November 2, 2009

Historical Examples of margate

A Londoner told his friend that he was going to Margate for a change of hair.

The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;

Various

You remember the woman at Margate whom I suspected for the same reason.

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

And long before Margate was reached half of our company was sick with famine.

Sir Ludar

Talbot Baines Reed

Whenever I want to think about anything deeply, I go down to Margate.

Happy-Thought Hall

F. C. Burnand

I am in better condition than many who go to Margate every summer.

The Lifeboat

R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for margate Margate noun

1. a town and resort in SE England, in E Kent on the Isle of Thanet. Pop: 58 465 (2001)