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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A residential section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Settled in 1683, it was the site of a Revolutionary War battle (October 4, 1777) in which George Washington's troops unsuccessfully attacked the British encampment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A carryall with a standing top, first built at Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1816: the first vehicle of the class known as a rockaway.
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Examples
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GERMANTOWN - The Village of Germantown will not cancel its contract with Waste Management.
unknown title 2008
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Waterfield Bank in Germantown, Md., and Centennial Bank in Ogden, Utah, had a total of $1.1 billion in assets and $1 billion in deposits.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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James Steffen in Germantown, Tennessee, thanks so much for playing the puzzle.
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Aprox a year ago I ran into Mr. Godbee at a function in Germantown,
VISAL GODBEE 2010
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James Steffen in Germantown, Tennessee, thanks so much for playing the puzzle.
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Waterfield Bank in Germantown, Md., and Centennial Bank in Ogden, Utah, had a total of $1.1 billion in assets and $1 billion in deposits.
Potemkin Capitalism* 2010
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Duct-cleaning costs vary by region and size of home, but Giuliano Cuete, owner of Airwiz in Germantown, Md., says it should range between $300 and $1,000.
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He lived in Germantown for six years and was on the staff of Philadelphia Green.
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One: My wife had just seen a woman running shoeless in Germantown the day before, and suddenly that event didn't seem so random anymore.
Build-A-Story: The war on shoes Michael S. Rosenwald 2010
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On Sunday, people lined up along the streets in Germantown, a neighborhood in Northwest Philadelphia with a large African-American population.
Obama Trots Out 2008 Slogans in Philadelphia Danny Yadron 2010
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