Wisconsin
[wis'kɔnsin]
Definition
(noun.) a midwestern state in north central United States.
(noun.) a tributary of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin.
Checked by Herman--From WordNet
Examples
- We had customers in all the little towns in south-west Wisconsin, south-east Minnesota and north-east Iowa. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- What Wisconsin had was leadership and a people that responded, inventors, and constructive minds. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She realized the spell that had been upon her in the depths of that far-off jungle, but there was no spell of enchantment now in prosaic Wisconsin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- By the 12th all were in except a small force under Colonel Murphy of the 8th Wisconsin. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Please don't carry this entire library to Wisconsin, as you would have carried it to Africa, if I had not put my foot down. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I thought he had a fine name and he came from Minnesota which made a lovely name: Ireland of Minnesota, Ireland of Wisconsin, Ireland of Michigan. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- McCormick was deep in a study of this matter when one day a man named James Withington came to him from Wisconsin, and announced that he had a machine that could automatically bind grain. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- McCormick at once sent one of his men to the inventor’s Wisconsin home, and, with many apologies, begged him to come back. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I have kindred in Wisconsin. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I want to get the license tomorrow, so that we can be married quietly before you leave for Wisconsin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Absolute democrats can also line up their witnesses: the conservatism of the Swiss, Wisconsin's successful experiments, the patience and judgment of the Danes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The other incident is as follows: Soon after I had got out the incandescent light I had an interference in the Patent Office with a man from Wisconsin. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Henry of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station we are enabled to present full instructions in regard to constructing and filling a silo. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- What is the explanation of Wisconsin? Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- A recent book is devoted to a glowing eulogy of Wisconsin, an Experiment in Democracy. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
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