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Nottaway

American  
[not-uh-wey] / ˈnɒt əˌweɪ /

noun

  1. a river in SW Quebec, Canada, flowing NW to James Bay. 140 miles (225 km) long.


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It was enough to pay a villager of Nottaway to travel with her—to ensure no wolves made off with the horse or his brother's remains—and to pay off the coachman when finally he awoke.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

And then, alone in the coach, pulled by a team of four coal-black stallions, Lord Primus left the village of Nottaway, in significantly worse temper than he had arrived there.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman

The rest I found in the gravel of the creek-beds, mostly along the Nottaway River, but none of them within a quarter of a mile of another.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie

Not that it would do much good, for none of you know enough to be dangerous, but we don't want a dozen parties going up the Nottaway River next spring.

From Northern Diamonds by Pollock, Frank Lillie

I recollect distinctly the little locomotives, Nottaway and Logan.

From A Pioneer Railway of the West by Lafferty, Maude Ward

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