Woodstock
[woo d-stok]
- a town in NE Illinois.
- a rock music festival held in August of 1969 near Bethel, N.Y.: originally scheduled to be held at Woodstock, N.Y.
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Examples from the Web for woodstock
Contemporary Examples
He is my favorite Woodstock artist, the highlight of the entire festival.
Cocker became an international star in the late 1960s, showing up everywhere from Woodstock to The Ed Sullivan Show.
In Washington, being the guy on a mission to stamp out leaks is a bit like being the lone narc at Woodstock.
Richie Havens, 72 Who opened Woodstock, and thus became the epigraph to the ultimate document of the 1960s?
The Deaths You Missed This YearMalcolm Jones, Jimmy So, Michael Moynihan, Caitlin Dickson
December 30, 2013
Everywhere you look, seniors—from survivors of World War II to survivors of Woodstock and Vietnam—are doing it.
Meryl Streep, ‘Hope Springs,’ and Senior Sex: Why Seniors Are Getting It OnKaren Springen
August 10, 2012
Historical Examples
She arrived finally at Woodstock, and was shut up in the palace there.
Queen ElizabethJacob Abbott
James was rather fond of visiting Oxford and the royal residence at Woodstock.
OxfordAndrew Lang
No longer a prisoner at Woodstock, she rides gaily into Oxford.
OxfordFrederick Douglas How
Prince William adjoins Woodstock on the Western side of the river.
First History of New BrunswickPeter Fisher
Among these palaces, one of the most beautiful was that of Woodstock.
Richard IJacob Abbott
Woodstock
- a town in New York State, the site of a large rock festival in August 1969. Pop: 6253 (2003 est)
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Woodstock
A village in New York state, where some 400,000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival.
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Note
The size of the crowd and the prevalence of hippie dress and customs led to use of the term Woodstock nation to indicate the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.
Note
The term Woodstock is now used loosely to mean a large, impromptu gathering.
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