Meaning of Kensington | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sewing circle for women.
   Midwestern-US, US, Western, dated
2. An affluent area of west London in the borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London; South Kensington contains several major museums.
3. Alternative letter-case form of kensington (“sewing circle”).
   alt-of, dated
4. A suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ3690).
5. A town in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A census-designated place in San Diego County, California.
8. A census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California.
9. A census-designated place in the town of Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut.
10. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
11. A neighbourhood of Chicago, Illinois.
12. A minor city in Smith County, Kansas.
13. A town in Montgomery County, Maryland.
14. An unincorporated community in Lyon Township, Oakland County, Michigan.
15. A minor city in Douglas County, Minnesota.
16. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
17. A village in Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
18. A neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
19. An unincorporated community in Hanover Township, Columbiana County, Ohio.
20. A neighbourhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
21. A suburb of Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.
22. A suburb of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.
23. A suburb of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.
24. A suburb of Sydney in the Randwick council area, New South Wales, Australia.
25. A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Equivalents

Examples

“To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too.”

““There are over 150 channels dedicated to Kensington and all the things that take place here,” said Sarah Laurel, founder of Savage Sisters, a non-profit in Kensington supporting those affected by substance disorders.”

“She wished Kate had not told her of the weekly sewing club, of the matinee-parties, the afternoon Kensingtons, the times down town when they had met, and Elsie had been, according to Kate's glowing account, "the life of the crowd."”

“Besides the usual social affairs given in the usual ways, Iota chapter is giving a series of Pre-Holiday Kensingtons and teas entertaining forty different girls, the majority of whom are to be non-sorority girls, each afternoon. The guests are invited to bring their Holiday sewing and the affairs are to be very informal.”

“The second in a series of delightful knitting Kensingtons was given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs. E. A. Wall at her handsome home.”

“We have all-day Kensingtons, then we serve dinner and supper to the carmen. We also sew and do fancy work, which we sell for the benefit of the lodge.”

“Owing to a scarcity of coal in the University, we girls had an unexpected week of vacation, and the town girls helped us make the time fly, with kensingtons and bridge parties.”

“House-parties and kensingtons were the predominating features of the ΔΗ girls' summer.”

“Kensingtons are held the first and third Fridays of the month. They are held at the homes, are well attended and much enjoyed. Owing to the enforced quarantines due to the epidemics of influenza we have not been able to hold our regular meetings or kensingtons much of the winter.”

“It is refreshing to note that teachers' activities were noted in 97 per cent of the community clubs. These included kensingtons, sewing clubs, music clubs, and culture clubs.”

“But if you were the mother of four, if you had not been shopping in Dale City for seven months, if in that time your wildest orgies had been two or three kensingtons ("kensington" being the Meadows equivalent of "sewing circle"), the day would have taken on the nature of an event.”

““If you’re sure there’s nothing I can do at the office,” she said, “I’ll go on to the kensington at Mrs. Henderson’s.””

CEFR level