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Atchison

[ ach-uh-suhn ]

noun

  1. a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River.


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Example Sentences

The author most recently of “Come the Slumberless to the Land of Nod,” Brimhall developed a fascination with Earhart, with whom she shares a birthday, during a visit to Earhart’s childhood home in Atchison, Kan.

I obtained a claim to 160 acres of land, twelve miles from Atchison, and on the banks of the Stranger Creek.

The name Squatter Sovereign, that had been given to the Atchison newspaper, indicated the trend of public opinion.

Maj. Jefferson Buford had arrived with 350 soldiers, and a part of them were quartered in Atchison.

One incident must illustrate the strained and peculiar condition of affairs in Atchison county.

"Let us ride back to Atchison and get ready to defend the town," and on a gallop they skedaddled back to Atchison.

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