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Milwaukee
[ mil-waw-kee ]
noun
- a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan.
Milwaukee
/ mɪlˈwɔːkiː /
noun
- a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the 18th century; an important industrial centre. Pop: 586 941 (2003 est)
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A former superintendent of Milwaukee schools, he is now a Distinguished Professor of Education at Marquette University.
Eleven children under the age of 13 have been shot in the city of Milwaukee so far this year.
The Orioles had won thirty-three of forty-three games, to tie Milwaukee for first place on the season's next-to-last day.
On a hot day in Milwaukee once, Palmer quietly asked the assembled admirers, "Mind if I take off my jacket?"
Several cities, including Washington D.C. and Milwaukee, cancelled planned performances by the group.
It is the largest of all the Homes, though they have a small one at Milwaukee, Wis., and several others.
But their boat leaked like a sieve, and the stop at Milwaukee was probably precautionary.
At Milwaukee, in October, 1866, I found a young woman well established as a hair-dresser.
Are there no vats in Milwaukee, no stills in Kentucky, no factories wrapping paper rings around bunches of dead leaves at Tampa?
Having stolen eleven dollars and a useless revolver, they ran away to Milwaukee.
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