A town in Greater London, in southeastern England.
Used in a Sentence
orpington
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for orpington.
Editorial note
But we sure as heck didn't consider Orpington to be proper London!
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Quick take
A town in Greater London, in southeastern England.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of orpington gathered in one view.
A breed of chicken, originally being one of four colours (black, white, buff or blue).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for orpington.
noun
A town in Greater London, in southeastern England.
noun
A breed of chicken, originally being one of four colours (black, white, buff or blue).
Example sentences
But we sure as heck didn't consider Orpington to be proper London!
For example you can get a 3-bed in Orpington (20 minutes by train to London Bridge) for around £400k which should be comfortably affordable to someone on 70k.
Clearly the runt ate the orpington's soul.
Inexplicably, the same day, I found one of the big healthy black orpington chicks lying unmoving next to the feeder and it perished an hour later.
Lines like Victoria-Orpington and CharingX-Hayes are not the metro and probably shouldn't be highlighted in the transport layer in my opinion.
Orpington has fast trains so you can be at London Bridge in under 20 minutes and Charing Cross in slightly over that (+ walking time to the station).
As long as you pick the right trains, it’s similar in commuting time - just a bit less flexible I don’t live in Orpington, but I do live in zone 6.
The poster above mentioned 500k in Orpington, well that's zone 6 so a travel card is an extra 140 per month per person so if there is two of you you're spending alot of what you've saved in the house price on that and you also both have to spend a extra 30mins in travel time each way, so an hour of extra lost time a day.
Proper noun examples
Lines like Victoria-Orpington and CharingX-Hayes are not the metro and probably shouldn't be highlighted in the transport layer in my opinion.
Orpington has fast trains so you can be at London Bridge in under 20 minutes and Charing Cross in slightly over that (+ walking time to the station).
As long as you pick the right trains, it’s similar in commuting time - just a bit less flexible I don’t live in Orpington, but I do live in zone 6.
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How do you use orpington in a sentence?
But we sure as heck didn't consider Orpington to be proper London!
What does orpington mean?
A town in Greater London, in southeastern England.
What part of speech is orpington?
orpington is commonly used as noun.