Boston
['bɔstən]
Definition
(noun.) state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services.
Checker: Scott--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
Editor: Robert
Definition
n. a game at cards somewhat similar to whist.
Typed by Aldo
Examples
- His father was Sillerton Jackson's uncle, his mother a Pennilow of Boston; on each side there was wealth and position, and mutual suitability. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- His grandson, Samuel Franklin, is still living in Boston. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The new arrival was the Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil, who had once visited Bell’s school for deaf-mutes in Boston. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- You don't know, I suppose--I shall be in Boston tomorrow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In a suit against the Boston Incandescent Lamp Company et al. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A telegram came from Boston: she said she might be gone for two days. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Recently, 1500 words were flashed from New York to Boston over a single wire in one second. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Franklin's arrival in Philadelphia finds its parallel in the very modest debut of Adams's friend in Boston. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A retreat to Boston was decided upon. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I remember, when I was a boy, he came to my father's in Boston, and resided in the house with us for several years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Bell himself was too poor to be able to go to Philadelphia, and intended to stay in Boston, and try to find new deaf-mute pupils. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- As soon as he was settled at the Boston office he opened a small workshop, where he might try to complete some of the many devices he had in mind. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- DEAR SIR, The resolutions of the Boston people concerning trade make a great noise here. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In 1852 Channing and Farmer, of Boston, Mass. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It was decided by the British Parliament in the spring of 1774 to punish Boston by closing her port. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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