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Blackburn

[ blak-bern ]

noun

  1. a city in central Lancashire, in NW England.
  2. Mount, a mountain in SE Alaska, in the Wrangel Mountains. 16,140 feet (4,920 meters).


Blackburn

/ ˈblækbɜːn /

noun

  1. a city in NW England, in Blackburn with Darwen unitary authority, Lancashire: formerly important for textiles, now has mixed industries. Pop: 105 085 (2001)
  2. Mount Blackburn
    a mountain in SE Alaska, the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains. Height: 5037 m (16 523 ft)


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But some pretty conservative legislators voted yes (Marco Rubio and David Vitter in the Senate, Marcia Blackburn in the House).

Thousands of people lined the streets for the Queen's first visit to Blackburn cathedral.

The Dean of Blackburn, the Very Reverend Christopher Armstrong, said it was the biggest event it had hosted.

“I just ate a softshell crab po-boy,” says Irvine Blackburn, from New Orleans.

On Wednesday morning, Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the issue.

Dr. Bowes asked Blackburn, one of their bishops, whether 'he was so happy as to belong to his diocese?'

Again the door of the tiny lobby opened and closed, and a form edged forward,—Blackburn, summoned from his mill.

Houston straightened, to find a short, bulky form before him, Henry Blackburn.

"Simply this," and the bulky Blackburn drew a nervous, sweating hand across his brow.

On the day before the rescue of Thornton Blackburn his wife eluded the jailer in disguise and escaped to Canada.

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