Maine
[mein]
Definition
(n.) One of the New England States.
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Examples
- In 1828, Lane, of Maine, combined the reaper and thresher. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Chamberlain, of the 20th Maine, was wounded on the 18th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Androscoggin Pulp Mill, established in Maine in 1870, was one of the pioneers in this field. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The present state of Maine was bought by Massachusetts from its alleged owner for twelve hundred and fifty pounds. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Smith, of Maine, was very much interested by now, and drafted a bill appropriating $30,000 for this purpose. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is equivalent to our phrases from Maine to Texas --from Baltimore to San Francisco. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Thereby the whole coast from Maine to Carolina became in some form or other a British possession. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The instantaneous and dastardly destruction of our battleship, The Maine, with 250 of her crew, in Havana harbor, February 15, 1898, by one of these agencies, is a harrowing illustration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Reaper and Thresher combined by Lane, of Maine, 1828. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Once in Portland, Maine, I ordered iced tea at an hotel. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As Maine goes, so goes the nation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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