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Cripple Creek

American  

noun

  1. a town in central Colorado: gold rush 1891. 9,600 feet (2,925 meters) above sea level.


Cripple Creek British  

noun

  1. a village in central Colorado: gold-mining centre since 1891, once the richest in the world

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The individuals who are part of a group of tourists are stuck near the bottom of Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine in Cripple Creek.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

Valades, a retired marketing director from Cripple Creek, Colo., prefers it when the hotel empties the refrigerator and lets her fill it with her own food and drinks.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Wilmer Cable Butler was born on April 7, 1921, in Cripple Creek, Colo., and raised in a log cabin.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

But a verified Twitter account for Ghostface that has been advertising “Scream VI” re-tweeted several screenshots of the real-life appearances in cities such as Flagstaff, Ariz., and Cripple Creek, Colo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2023

Laborers in the Cripple Creek mining district would not organize and win their rights for another generation.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

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