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Texarkana

[ tek-sahr-kan-uh ]

/ ˌtɛk sɑrˈkæn ə /

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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Example sentences from the Web for Texarkana

One time in the Texarkana battle I was behind some pine trees and the bullets cut the limbs down all over me.
Slave Narratives, Oklahoma|Various
Notwithstanding it was nearly midnight when the presidential train reached Texarkana, about 2,000 citizens were present.
Speeches of Benjamin Harrison|Benjamin Harrison
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 Slaves|Work Projects Administration
They turned eastward and passed over Texarkana, and thence south to impress the people of Shreveport.
In the Clutch of the War-God|Milo Hastings

Dis being Texarkana's fate, she has had a hard struggle overcoming dis handicap for sixty-three years.
Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume II, Arkansas Narratives, Part 2|Work Projects Administration

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