Aroostook

[ uh-roos-took, -tik ]

noun
  1. a river flowing NE from N Maine to the St. John River. 140 miles (225 km) long.

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How to use Aroostook in a sentence

  • Consider using Katahdin Lodge as your base camp and you’ll have direct access to the heart of Aroostook’s trails, where backcountry lakes, waterfalls, and the occasional moose await.

  • A story absolutely expressive of the author as we used to know him is The Lady of the Aroostook.

    Essays on Modern Novelists | William Lyon Phelps
  • His wife's be'n two or three voyages with him in the Aroostook, and he'll know just how to have Lyddy's comfort looked after.

    The Lady of the Aroostook | William Dean Howells
  • Can you tell me where a ship named the Aroostook is, that was layin' at this wharf—Lucas Wharf—a fortnight ago, and better?

    The Lady of the Aroostook | William Dean Howells
  • They directed him to the firm dispatching the Aroostook, and Captain Jenness was at their place when the deacon appeared there.

    The Lady of the Aroostook | William Dean Howells
  • He presently returned, to Staniford's surprise, and scrambled up to the deck of the Aroostook.

    The Lady of the Aroostook | William Dean Howells