Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cinque Ports

(The). Originally the five seaports Hastings, Sandwich, Dover, Romney, and Hythe. Subsequently Winchelsea and Rye were added.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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