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Androscoggin

[an-druh-skog-in]
noun
  1. a river flowing from NE New Hampshire through SW Maine into the Kennebec River. 171 miles (275 km) long.
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Examples from the Web for androscoggin

Historical Examples

  • In these we threw a fly for trout and caught a chub in Androscoggin.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862

    Various

  • Anasaguntakook, a band of the Abenaki, on the sources of the Androscoggin, in Maine.

    The Indian in his Wigwam

    Henry R. Schoolcraft

  • Ye kin curse like an Androscoggin lumber jack, but y'ain't goin' to frizzle a single hair on a bear's hide.

    The Secret Trails

    Charles G. D. Roberts

  • The Peabody flows through the Glen north to the Androscoggin, which can be traced far northeast.

  • If the falls even of the Androscoggin at good old Brunswick were in Europe, they would be quite a 'lion' in their way.