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Skunk River

American  

noun

  1. a river in central Iowa, flowing SE to the Mississippi River. 264 miles (425 km) long.


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Odds and ends appear throughout the home, from a kitchen breakfast bar made of a maple tree rescued from the Skunk River to old barn wood or wood posts from neighbors.

From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2017

Thomas was accused of killing the eagle in March 2011 while he boated on the South Skunk River in Mahaska County.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2014

In River Stay 'way from My Door, it is brother Ira's harum-scarum pal "V.R." who puts the town in a tizzy by seeming to drown in the Skunk River.

From Time Magazine Archive

Skunk River is a broad, still stream, with hilly banks heavily wooded with willow, oak, maple, sycamore and bass-wood.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

On the road leading from town to the Skunk River one has glimpses of another industry.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 26, July 1880. by Various

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