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CANTERBURY TALES

\kˈantəbɹɪ tˈe͡ɪlz], \kˈantəbɹɪ tˈe‍ɪlz], \k_ˈa_n_t_ə_b_ɹ_ɪ t_ˈeɪ_l_z]\

Definitions of CANTERBURY TALES

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1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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an uncompleted series of tales written after 1387 by Geoffrey Chaucer

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

By Chaucer (died 1400); are told, each of them, by some one of a party of pilgrims at the Tabard Inn, Southwark, on their way to the shrine of St. Thomas of Canterbury; and give various pictures of English life of the time.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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