a.e.s. vanderbilt belmont

noun

Alva Ert·skin Smith Vanderbilt

[urt-skin] , 1853–1933, U.S. women's-rights activist and socialite.

August, 1816–90, U.S. financier, diplomat, and horse-racing enthusiast, born in Germany.

a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.

a city in W California.

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belmont
noun
a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes [syn: Belmont Park]

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A.e.s. vanderbilt belmont is always a great word to know.

So is doohickey. Does it mean:

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

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