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Pecos

[ pey-kuhs, -kohs ]

noun

  1. a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1,183 km) long.
  2. a town in W Texas, near the Pecos River.


Pecos

/ ˈpeɪkəs; ˈpekɔs /

noun

  1. a river in the southwestern US, rising in N central New Mexico and flowing southeast to the Rio Grande. Length: about 1180 km (735 miles)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

It’s the largest and deepest lake in the Pecos and sits just below Mount Baldy, which you can veer off and climb, too.

Finally these three tough cowboys started for the Pecos river with Jesse Evans.

Three days later the young hero outlaw reached a cow-camp on the Rio Pecos.

Now the “Kid” went to a ranch, where he had left his noble “Gray,” and with him started back towards the Pecos river.

A few “killings” took place on the Pecos river during the fall, but “Billy the Kid” was not in these fights.

Jesse Evans had left for the lower Pecos, where he was later killed, according to reports.

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