Boone
[boon]
- Daniel,1734–1820, American pioneer, especially in Kentucky.
- Pat,born 1934, U.S. singer.
- a city in central Iowa.
- a town in NW North Carolina.
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Examples from the Web for boone
Contemporary Examples
Because Boone is a Democratic enclave thanks in part to the college students.
Yet whenever the writers do try to enrich Keen, Boone resists them at every turn.
Two four-foot-wide paintings from the "Sigils" series by Will Boone, now on view at Karma gallery in New York.
The Greenbergians used to ask for at-a-glance legibility, and you could say that Boone delivers on that promise, and defeats it.
C. Bruce Cornett, who was the Romney-supporting county chair in Boone County, said he bore no ill will toward the Paul supporters.
Historical Examples
Boone met him on the Braddock campaign , and they became fast friends.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
Boone was wounded, and very nearly lost his life, in a sortie.
Chronicles of Border WarfareAlexander Scott Withers
Mr. Flint has now in the press a life of Boone, which will soon be published.
The EmigrantFrederick William Thomas
He accompanied Boone from Virginia to Kentucky and lost his life there.
The Story of Young Abraham LincolnWayne Whipple
It was only an instant before they closed, but Boone had seen.
Riders of the SilencesJohn Frederick
Boone
- Daniel . 1734–1820, American pioneer, explorer, and guide, esp in Kentucky
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