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n. a pit in which chalk is dug.
n. a quarry for mining chalk.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A pit in which chalk is dug.
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n. a quarry for chalk
n. a quarry for chalk
Word Usage
"Factory appears Chomfuku, the village of Jim Potter, with a tree-clad sink, compared by old voyagers with “the large chalkpit on Portsdown Hill,” and still much affected by picnickers."