Texarkana
[tek-sahr-kan-uh]
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noun
a city in NE Texas.
a city in SW Arkansas: contiguous with but politically independent of Texarkana, Texas.
Texarkana, Arkansas, and Texarkana, Texas, considered as a unit.
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He was on his way from Texarkana, way down in Texas, and he too was at Conemaugh.
The Johnstown HorrorJames Herbert Walker
Dis being Texarkana's fate, she has had a hard struggle overcoming dis handicap for sixty-three years.
Then there's one in Texarkana and there's one in Kansas City.
Slave Narratives: Arkansas NarrativesWork Projects Administration
I am a poor man,' says I, 'and I have a widowed mother in Texarkana.
OptionsO. Henry
My oldest sister washed and ironed for Mrs. Buchannan till she moved from the sawmill to Texarkana.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former SlavesWork Projects Administration