Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—I

Ipswich

A corruption of Gypes-wick, the town on the river “Gyppen,” now called the Orwell.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Iram
Ipso Facto
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

More on Ipswich from Fact Monster:

  • Ipswich, town, United States - Ipswich Ipswich, town (1990 pop. 11,873), Essex co., NE Mass., on the Ipswich River and Ipswich ...
  • Ipswich, city, England - Ipswich Ipswich, city (1991 pop. 129,661) and district, Suffolk, E England, on the Orwell estuary ...
  • North Reading - North Reading North Reading , residential town (1990 pop. 12,002), Middlesex co., NE Mass., on the ...
  • Benjamin Champney - Champney, Benjamin Champney, Benjamin , 1817–1907, American painter, b. New Ipswich, N.H. ...
  • John Wise - Wise, John Wise, John, 1652–1725, American clergyman, exponent of the democratic principles ...

Related Content