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Adirondack

[ ad-uh-ron-dak ]

noun

, plural Ad·i·ron·dacks, (especially collectively) Ad·i·ron·dack.
  1. a member of an Algonquian people living mainly north of the St. Lawrence River.
  2. the Adirondacks. Adirondack Mountains.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Adirondack1

Probably earlier than 1865–70, Americanism

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Example Sentences

Sparkling with 7,500 lights, the two-ton Adirondack was larger than any ever used before.

This was the beginning of the Adirondack road, of which Colonel Davis was the president when he died in '88.

This service was established in 1909 with lookout stations on the tops of all the high peaks in the Adirondack range.

In his place an equally interesting figure—the Adirondack guide—navigates single-handed the rivers and lakes of the "North Woods."

Fig. 218 shows the well-known portage pack basket which is used by the guides in the Adirondack regions.

The sun, over the Adirondack foot-hills, hung above bands of smouldering cloud.

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