Lackawanna

[ lak-uh-won-uh ]

/ ˌlæk əˈwɒn ə /

noun

a city in W New York, on Lake Erie, near Buffalo.

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earnest

full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.

a feeling of dread, anxiety, or anguish.

urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.

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Example sentences from the Web for lackawanna

Lackawanna Cell September 2002 Six Yemeni-Americans are accused of conspiring to help al Qaeda and plead guilty.
Forty-Five Foiled Terror Plots Since 9/11|John Avlon|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Our mining wages are regulated entirely by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various
They were Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad men were there.
Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877|Various
Ill go along a little further; theres a pretty walk over along the old Lackawanna Station.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905|Various

The Lackawanna followed, striking a square blow on the port side at the after end of the casemate.
The Gulf and Inland Waters|A. T. Mahan
The railroad that he dominated so forcefully for many years—Lackawanna—would have taken no step of that sort.
The Story of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg RailRoad|Edward Hungerford

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