Spokane
[spoh-kan]
- a city in E Washington.
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Examples from the Web for spokane
Contemporary Examples
In 1933, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported that “Housewives Find That Rabbit Meat on Menu Makes Big Hit With Men at Dinner.”
According to the Spokane Spokesman-Review, the speech was a big success, as a crowd of 700 assembled to watch Palin speak.
The Spokane, Wash., store specializes in handguns, shotguns, and defensive rifles.
On Election Night, I was in Spokane, Washington, with 6,000 other people at our headquarters.
I was sitting in front of a television camera in Spokane and I fell asleep.
Historical Examples
Put him in a car of dressed beef and he'd freeze it between here and Spokane.
Ruggles of Red GapHarry Leon Wilson
He comes from Spokane—nobody knows why—guess he was run out.
Free AirSinclair Lewis
There are also skirts of the same timber along the Spokane River.
A Report on Washington TerritoryWilliam Henry Ruffner
It is estimated to save Spokane shippers alone about $500,000 annually.
Railroads: Rates and RegulationsWilliam Z. Ripley
This was a contingency not possible, as we have just seen, in the Spokane case.
Railroads: Rates and RegulationsWilliam Z. Ripley
Spokane
- a city in E Washington: commercial centre of an agricultural region. Pop: 196 624 (2003 est)
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