Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A section of New York City in northern Queens on western Long Island. Flushing Meadows was the site of two world's fairs (1939–1940 and 1964–1965) and the temporary headquarters of the United Nations (1946–1949).
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A glow of red, as in the face: as, the disease is characterized by frequent flushings of the face.
- noun The act of drenching with a copious flow; a washing out.
- noun In weaving, a thread which, in process of twilling, spans several threads of the warp without intersection; a floating.
- noun A kind of stout woolen cloth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun engraving A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the �
- noun (Weaving) A surface formed of floating threads.
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Examples
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Is it me, or am I the only one who thinks that the Bon Chon in Flushing is VASTLY superior to the one in Manhattan?
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Results varied from a refund of $811.96 recommended in Flushing, N.Y., to a tax-due figure of $52.13 demanded by the IRS office in Portland, Ore ….
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Licensing Protects Competitors, Not Consumers 2010
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Of course the film library was in Flushing Queens.
KC Recalls the Creation of the V for Vendetta Collection » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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It was in Flushing, Queens, at the end of the line of the #7 train.
KC Recalls the Creation of the V for Vendetta Collection » Comics Worth Reading 2009
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Spicy and Tasty in Flushing, Queens is another good example.
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She remembers wanting to be an actress when she was growing up in Flushing, Queens, where her parents, Pam, a nurse, and John, the owner of a small trucking business, supported her ambitions.
Amy Ryan: A journeyman's actress co-stars in 'Jack Goes Boating' Peter Marks 2010
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She played like a winner over two weeks in Flushing Meadows, including that 6-2, 6-2 victory that ended the magical run of 17-year-old Melanie Oudin, whose rapid rise was the story of the tournament for the first 10 days.
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Results varied from a refund of $811.96 recommended in Flushing, N.Y., to a tax-due figure of $52.13 demanded by the IRS office in Portland, Ore ….
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Licensing Protects Competitors, Not Consumers 2010
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Shooting over the course of two years while bunking in Flushing, Ms. Paravel and Mr. Sniadecki worked hard to establish personal connections to the people and an aesthetic appreciation for the run-down environs.
Mashup of the American Dream Nicolas Rapold 2010
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Spicy and Tasty in Flushing, Queens is another good example.
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