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Milwaukie

American  
[mil-waw-kee] / mɪlˈwɔ ki /

noun

  1. a town in NW Oregon.


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The compact corner drugstore, on Southeast Milwaukie Avenue just south of Powell Boulevard, still has glass display cases and shelves filled with old medicine bottles.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 6, 2024

While two of the women were from Gresham and Milwaukie, the bodies were found elsewhere in rural areas.

From Washington Times • Jul. 17, 2023

He was on a dinner date with his soon-to-be wife at the now-closed Fernwood Inn in nearby Milwaukie and saw how customers were transfixed by the Spanish coffees being served there.

From Washington Post • Feb. 23, 2023

A dozen campers and motor homes posted up outside a supermarket in Milwaukie, down the hill from the fires ravaging much of Clackamas County.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2020

At Goderich, C. W., or vicinity, a propeller; at Milwaukie, a barque and brig, of large tonnage, 300 each.

From Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry

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