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Shamokin

[ shuh-moh-kin ]

/ ʃəˈmoʊ kɪn /

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noun

a borough in E Pennsylvania.

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Words nearby Shamokin

Shammai, shammer, shammes, shammy, Shamo, Shamokin, shamoy, shampoo, shamrock, shamrock-pea, shamshir

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Example sentences from the Web for Shamokin

We therefore assign you two Places to go, either to Wyomen or Shamokin.
The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada|Cadwallader Colden
We therefore assign you two places to go, either to Wyoming or Shamokin.
The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada|Francis Parkman
We assign you two places to go, either to Ugoman or Shamokin.
Historic Highways of America (Vol. 3)|Archer Butler Hulbert
Job was going down the River to the Province-store at Shamokin.
John Woolman's Journal|John Woolman

A terrific wind storm from the northwest swept through Shamokin Valley and Shamokin, followed by rain, which fell in torrents.
The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Tornado|Logan Marshall

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