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West Coast

American  

noun

  1. the western coast of the U.S., bordering the Pacific Ocean and comprising the coastal areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.


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And with two games left on a brief West-Coast swing, at Portland on Sunday and in Los Angeles against the Clippers on Wednesday, a quick turnaround appears unlikely.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2014

West-Coast Tasman MP Damien O'Connor said: "While Labour is pleased the families will receive their $3.4m compensation... it was never about the money."

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2013

San Diego State: Possibly my West-Coast bias vote, but plays tough 25.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2010

He's got the East-Coast championship with me, and the West-Coast championship with Ivan Tedesco.

From Time Magazine Archive

The West-Coast women, from Oregon to the Gulf of California, wore a petticoat of shredded bark, of plaited grass, or of strings, upon which were strung hundreds of seeds.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism by Ellis, Havelock

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