Manhattan
[mæn'hæt(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) a cocktail made with whiskey and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters.
(noun.) one of the five boroughs of New York City.
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Examples
- This game was brought from Holland by those colonists who settled Manhattan Island in 1623. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Counting both pleasure and business vehicles, the borough of Manhattan boasted about 2,500 storage-battery driven wagons in active use. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Manhattan Island was first visited in 1609 by Henry Hudson. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Some years later, also, Daft again tried friction gear in his historical experiments on the Manhattan Elevated road, but the results were attended with no greater success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This narrow canyon street in the lower part of the Borough of Manhattan is the financial center of New York City. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As is well known, the Hudson River, for the length of Manhattan Island, is approximately a mile wide, reducing in width at the Palisades north of Hoboken. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Among these may be mentioned the Hall, Underwood, Manhattan, Williams, Jewett, and many others. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- MANHATTAN ELEVATED RAILROAD 3. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Starting approximately a quarter of a mile south of Wall Street, Broadway, New York City’s main business thoroughfare, extends for fifteen miles to the northern end of Manhattan Island. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- HUDSON AND MANHATTAN RAILROAD STATION 6. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx alone, in New York City, there were more than 2,000 such trucks in operation in 1916. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the same manner I had worked out for the Manhattan Elevated Railroad a system of electric trains, and had the control of each car centred at one place--multiple control. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The family prospered and must have enjoyed public confidence, for we find the name of Thomas Edison, as a bank official on Manhattan Island, signed to Continental currency in 1778. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The extreme southern end of Manhattan Island is both popularly and officially known as Battery Park because it was fortified in the seventeenth century for the protection of the town. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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