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Blackpool

Name: Blackpool
Address: GB

53.8167°N -3.0500°W · Q170377

One English word in this atlas traces back to Blackpool. It sits in United Kingdom.

All of United Kingdom

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like Blackpool Illuminationsadjective · 20th century

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An entire seaside light festival, reduced to a simile for a red face.

Blackpool has strung miles of lights along its promenade most autumns since 1879, originally to stretch the holiday season past summer. British speakers use the display as a measuring stick for anything garishly illuminated, from an overdecorated house to someone blushing.

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