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Brussels

/ˈbɹʌsəlz/ noun C2
  1. A Brussels carpet.
  2. A Brussels sprout.

Plural Brussels

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We made our way to Brussels that night and spent two days there, moving on upon the third day as far as Strasburg.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 118 · B2
Why do you not realize a six months’, a year’s advance even, and retire to Brussels?
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 834 · C1
Many said your father had only to show himself to crush the charge against him; many others said he would not appear; while some asserted that they had seen him start for Brussels; and others went to the police-office to inquire if he had taken out a passport.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 870 · C1
And now let us leave Mademoiselle Danglars and her friend pursuing their way to Brussels, and return to poor Andrea Cavalcanti, so inopportunely interrupted in his rise to fortune.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 973 · C1

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