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Meaning of turves | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A village in Whittlesey parish, Fenland district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3396).

Equivalents

Português turves

Examples

“"It's an old custom the people had when they bought and sold land. They used to cut out a clod and hand it over to the buyer, and you weren't lawfully seised of your land - it didn't really belong to you - till the other fellow had actually given you a piece of it - like this." He held out the turves.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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