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Corydon

British  
/ -ˌdɒn, ˈkɒrɪdən /

noun

  1. (in pastoral literature) a shepherd or rustic

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McCarty was last seen walking the dog just after 5 p.m. on Sept. 21 when he vanished near his home in Corydon, 25 miles west of Louisville, Kentucky.

From Fox News • Sep. 28, 2021

In the late 1980s, a former Scientologist named Bent Corydon broke away from the Church of Scientology and wrote a scathing book about his experiences entitled "L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman?"

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2020

Its owner, Bent Corydon, in fact, successfully sued the Church of Scientology in the early 1990s to claim the deed and had been living in the space.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2020

Mike has given a lot of the best old medicine bottles to Butt Drugs, the hometown pharmacy in Corydon.

From Washington Times • Dec. 14, 2015

In one letter he was Myrtillo, in another Corydon, Alexis, and I don't know what.

From Three Hours after Marriage by Arbuthnot, John