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Stockton

stock·ton

UK/ˈstɒktən/ US/ˈstɑktən/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

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