Keokuk

[ kee-uh-kuhk ]

noun

1. c1780–c1848, leader of the Sac tribe.
2. a city in SE Iowa, on the Mississippi River: large power dam.

Example Sentences

The Keokuk episode in Mark Twain's life was neither very long nor very actively important.

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Orion and his wife had returned to Keokuk by this time, waiting for something in the way of a business opportunity.

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One or two of his earlier letters home had found their way into a Keokuk paper—the 'Gate City'.

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Clagget had remained in Unionville after the mining venture, warned his Keokuk sweetheart, and settled down into politics and law.

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Orion, out in Keokuk, had long since abandoned the chicken farm and a variety of other enterprises.

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