Milwaukee [ mil-waw -kee ] SHOW IPA
/ mɪlˈwɔ ki / PHONETIC RESPELLING
noun
a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
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OTHER WORDS FROM Milwaukee Mil·wau·kee·an, noun
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How to use Milwaukee in a sentence When he was hospitalized last year with influenza, doctors gave the Milwaukee college student respiratory therapy every four hours to keep air moving through his lungs.
You could be forgiven for looking at these findings and concluding that the cities with lower totals are doing a lot better than New York City, or even a place like Milwaukee , when it comes to police misconduct.
Graham’s parents finally let the tears flow as they began the 12-hour drive to Milwaukee .
Milwaukee ’s defense is very much based on those same Moreyball principles.
Among landlord Dan Bruckner’s holdings in the Milwaukee area is a five-building complex with 88 single-bedroom apartments on the city’s north side.
A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.
Eleven children under the age of 13 have been shot in the city of Milwaukee so far this year.
The Orioles had won thirty-three of forty-three games, to tie Milwaukee for first place on the season's next-to-last day.
On a hot day in Milwaukee once, Palmer quietly asked the assembled admirers, "Mind if I take off my jacket?"
Several cities, including Washington D.C. and Milwaukee , cancelled planned performances by the group.
It is the largest of all the Homes, though they have a small one at Milwaukee , Wis., and several others.
But their boat leaked like a sieve, and the stop at Milwaukee was probably precautionary.
At Milwaukee , in October, 1866, I found a young woman well established as a hair-dresser.
Are there no vats in Milwaukee , no stills in Kentucky, no factories wrapping paper rings around bunches of dead leaves at Tampa?
Having stolen eleven dollars and a useless revolver, they ran away to Milwaukee .
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British Dictionary definitions for Milwaukee
noun
a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the 18th century; an important industrial centre. Pop: 586 941 (2003 est)
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Cultural definitions for Milwaukee
notes for Milwaukee Known for its breweries.
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