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Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The

American  
[kal-uh-ver-uhs] / ˌkæl əˈvɛr əs /

noun

  1. a short story (1865) by Mark Twain.

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Inspired by Mark Twain's 1865 tale The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, the old California Mother Lode town of Angels Camp has for the past 43 years sponsored an annual frog-jumping contest.

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