Burlington
[bə:liŋtən]
Definition
(noun.) the largest city in Vermont; located in northwestern Vermont on Lake Champlain; site of the University of Vermont.
Edited by Fergus--From WordNet
Examples
- I think it was to Tyndall's laboratory in Burlington Street. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was at some celebration of one of the Royal Societies at the Burlington House, Piccadilly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison's own account of the incident is very laughable: The engine was one of a number leased to the Grand Trunk by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I was handling the telephone at the Burlington House end. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At Burlington I made an acquaintance with many principal people of the province. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- After visiting Baltimore and Burlington, New Jersey, I arrived at City Point on the 19th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- However, I proceeded next day, and got in the evening to an inn within eight or ten miles of Burlington, kept by one Dr. Brown. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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