Poughkeepsie

[puh-kip-see]

noun

1. a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.

Example Sentences

Herlihy, 58, who was born in Brooklyn and raised in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., spoke over lunch earlier this month at a West Village bistro not far from the New York University dormitory where he and Sandler met as freshmen in 1984.

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More crucially, when the fledgling Sandler said he was going to start performing stand-up comedy and needed material, Herlihy used a weekend’s worth of train rides to and from Poughkeepsie to scribble down some jokes for him.

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It’s 2015 in Poughkeepsie, and Gazala’s gauzy figures float through her fading consciousness.

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It’s 2010 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., where Samir and Gazala have lived together in a rambling old house for decades, maintaining appearances by keeping separate bedrooms.

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“I was like 35 years old, and I was in Poughkeepsie,” Shanley said in a phone interview during a rehearsal break last month.

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