Kentucky
[ken'tʌki;kən-]
Definition
(noun.) a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses.
Typist: Mason--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One of the United States.
Editor: Shelton
Examples
- He thought of Miss Ophelia's letter to his Kentucky friends, and would pray earnestly that God would send him deliverance. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Colonel had his office full of people, mostly from the neighboring States of Missouri and Kentucky, making complaints or asking favors. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- One day, when she lay to for a while at a small town in Kentucky, Haley went up into the place on a little matter of business. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Prudence was never a cardinal virtue of the Kentucky boy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The enemy at this time occupied a line running from the Mississippi River at Columbus to Bowling Green and Mill Springs, Kentucky. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After the exposition closed the outfit was taken during the same year to the exposition at Louisville, Kentucky, where it was also successful, carrying a large number of passengers. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of these 4,800 were in Kentucky and Illinois, 7,000 in Memphis, 19,200 from Mound City south, and 17,500 at Corinth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is but lately that he died; and I was going up to Kentucky, to see if I could find and redeem my brother. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky, but I believe he will be forced to follow me. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- During the night he withdrew his command and returned to Kentucky. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But trading them from Kentucky,--that's quite another thing! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- My district only embraced West Tennessee and Kentucky west of the Cumberland River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This fund was the foundation of the Soldiers' Home at Washington City, and also one at Harrodsburgh, Kentucky. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- There is his Mas'r, said she, pointing to the Kentucky shore. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Such papers as these is a shame to Kentucky; that's my mind right out, if anybody wants to know! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Edited by Arnold