Chicago
[ʃɪˈkɑːɡəʊ] or [ʃɪ'kɑɡo]
Definition
(noun.) largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan.
Typist: Molly--From WordNet
Examples
- Here is his reply: 'The most dangerous crook in Chicago. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A Chicago regiment, the 19th infantry, had elected a very young man to the colonelcy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- In the transportation building of the World’s Fair at Chicago in 1893 one of the most conspicuous objects of attention was the model of the great Bethlehem Iron Co. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Storey, who subsequently founded the Chicago Times, and became celebrated in the newspaper world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Naturally, Mr. Hall’s first thought on his return to Chicago was to induce Mr. Duncan to build a larger model, capable of greater speed and greater output. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Edison then went to Toledo and secured a position at Fort Wayne, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, now leased to the Pennsylvania system. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Dick, of Chicago, and in the years since it has been universally introduced throughout the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Brown, President of the New York Central Railroad, and Marvin Hughitt, President of the Chicago & North western Railroad. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Italy has not as many telephones as San Francisco, and all Russia, fewer than Chicago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This was played right through to Chicago without any sleep, but the boys didn't mind that. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The fearlessness of the Chicago confession was melted down into a featureless alloy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Chicago rang off, and Archer rose and began to pace up and down the room. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Railroad Scenes from Shop and Road [Illustration: THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY’S BROADWAY LIMITED, A TWENTY-HOUR TRAIN BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO[60] Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Why then isn't there a budget, a large, comprehensive budget, precise and informing, in which provision is made for beginning to civilize Chicago? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They were interested in the Chicago Edison Company, now one of the largest of the systems in the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Wesley