Methuen

[ muh-thoo-uh n ]

/ məˈθu ən /

a town in NE Massachusetts, near Lawrence.

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OK Boomer can be perceived as pejorative, but it is mostly considered to be _____

The much debated topic anent the likelihood of the Sixth Division being sent to join Methuen was settled at last—to our chagrin.
The Siege of Kimberley|T. Phelan
Mr. Methuen has much to say of Boer bitterness, but was it greater than Southern bitterness?
The War in South Africa|Arthur Conan Doyle
But Methuen's first engagements seemed to him to be Pyrrhic victories.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa|W. Basil Worsfold
At Rhenoster River was Methuen to prevent a break out towards the west.
A Handbook of the Boer War|Gale and Polden, Limited

By the Methuen Treaty it was deemed a heavy blow was struck at Portugal.
The Real Gladstone|J. Ewing Ritchie