There are also practitioners of this dark art in Portland, Oregon; champaign, Illinois; and … the Upper East Side of Manhattan?
And since 1999, he hosted the Roger Ebert Film Festival in champaign, Illinois, home to the University of Illinois.
"Let us finish this champaign, my good fellow," says the politician, emptying his glass.
One of the professors in the Industrial University at champaign is a lady.
The tailors are the best judges of that; but champaign, I suppose.
These Lordships are champaign grounds, and full of corn and fruit.
He is now at champaign, Ill., and has not been able to attend trial.
As well in the mountains as in the plains and the champaign countries.
In champaign countries much rye and barley bread is eaten, but especially where wheat is scant and geson.
Any suggestion of mine to strike out into the champaign was frowned down in the severest manner.
"open country, plain," c.1400, from Old French champagne "country, countryside," from Latin campania "plain, level country," especially that near Rome (see campaign (n.)).