gasworks
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of gasworks
1810–20; gas + works (in the sense “manufacturing establishment”)
Example Sentences
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How about the NHL expansion draft at Gasworks Park last summer?
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022
Two local actors have re-imagined the zip line scene, with a comic twist, at the clock tower in the Gasworks area of the city centre.
From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2015
Newport Street Gallery and Gasworks will be joined early next year by a third contemporary gallery, Cabinet, currently in the throes of constructing a new five-story home in Spring Gardens.
From New York Times • Oct. 7, 2015
During an interview with McCormick, police obtained a key for an apartment at the Gasworks building on South Lotts Road, which the detective described as the "nerve centre" of the operation.
From BBC • May 14, 2010
“The Armory, the Gasworks, ‘Conley’s Patch,’ and Wells Street as far north as Monroe were all on fire.
From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy
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