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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- New York City. The nickname was popularized by Washington Irving and others in Salmagundi, a series of satirical sketches (1807–1808).
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- proper noun this sense?) Name given to
London by Richard Braithwaite in ‘Barnabee's Journal’ 1636: "I came to Gotham, where I saw many who were fools, if not all." Lat., Veni Gotham, ubi multos, Si non omnes, vidi stultos. 'Barnabae Itinerarium (1636)'. - proper noun A
village inNottinghamshire ,England . - proper noun Fictional city in
Batman where the story mainly takes place.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 10: 02 am loooook! its darth vader and darth vader jr. keeping gotham city safe from the evil taliban photographers staking out Gotham twin cities for Osama Bin Laden and his henchmen ..
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Everyone else in Gotham is unreliable, even Batman.
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I REALLY want it to be Cassandra, but y'know, non-white person in Gotham is a no-no, so ...
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Gotham offers what it calls "Gotham Renew" to brokers who want to clean out cluttered spaces, and "Gotham Revamp" to brokers who want to show what renovations could do for an apartment.
NYT > Home Page By ALISON GREGOR 2011
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Gotham also continues to offer virtual staging, which it calls "Gotham Envision," to add furniture to an image, as do a handful of other companies, like
NYT > Home Page By ALISON GREGOR 2011
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Gotham offers what it calls "Gotham Renew" to brokers who want to clean out cluttered spaces, and "Gotham Revamp" to brokers who want to show what renovations could do for an apartment.
NYT > Home Page By ALISON GREGOR 2011
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Gotham also continues to offer virtual staging, which it calls "Gotham Envision," to add furniture to an image, as do a handful of other companies, like
NYT > Home Page By ALISON GREGOR 2011
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FROM SPLASH PAGE: Sure, we all had a good laugh at the expense of the U. K.-based tabloid The Sun after they announced that Eddie Murphy and Shia LaBeouf would portray The Riddler and Robin, respectively, in "Gotham" (what The Sun claimed to be the title of the follow-up to this summer's "The Dark Knight").
‘Eddie Murphy As Riddler’ Reporter Sticks By ‘Dark Knight’ Sequel Casting Rumors » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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Trouble is brewing in Gotham Cityâ „ ¢ with four new BATMANâ „ ¢ sets, including the introduction of Harley Quinnâ „ ¢ as a minifigure. via LEGO
Toy Fair 2008: LEGO Licensed Toys Continue | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Loosely based on the great comic book series of the same name, this was set in Gotham City ten years after the disappearance of Batman.
03 « April « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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