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Quincy

[ kwin-zee, -see kwin-see ]

noun

  1. Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
  2. a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
  3. a city in W Illinois, on the Mississippi.
  4. a male given name.


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Example Sentences

Frishberg updated the lyrics over the years, adding a new line near the end — “Better show this to Quincy” — as if the self-congratulatory hipster were tight with music producer Quincy Jones.

And Stevie Wonder, and Prince, and Quincy Jones, and J.J. Abrams, and Toni Morrison, and…George R.R. Martin!

Quincy Jones has said that if he were forced to pick music to take to a desert island, these three recordings would lead his list.

I imagine John Adams would have had been unenthused if John Quincy had come home with a clip-on tie.

Who wouldn't want to work with Patti LaBelle, Barry White, or Quincy Jones?

“I wanted to do a show about first real best friends,” Quincy said.

Edith smiled faintly at the suggestive pause, and murmured the intended phrase, "marry Quincy Lenox."

John Quincy Adams's long career is unique in American history.

His friends in the town of Quincy urged him to set up his press there, and he felt much inclined to do so.

The people, in the "Old South," were greatly agitated when Quincy closed his harangue.

As I was in the Assembly, knew its temper, and was Mr. Quincy's countryman, he applied to me for my influence and assistance.

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