Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A structure on a river steamboat containing the pilothouse and the officers' quarters.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Hence The elevated gallery, resembling a louver or clearstory, in a grainelevator.
- noun A structure on the hurricanedeck of a steamboat, containing the cabins for the officers. The pilot-house is on top of it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Western U. S. A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the top-most cabin deck on a
steamboat
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Yes | No | Report from rocky d bashaw wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago ammo in texas is at low supply also. the gun shows are still coming around 2 weeks a month, ammo is not what it use to be at the shows too.
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Yes | No | Report from rocky d bashaw wrote 33 weeks 5 days ago ammo in texas is at low supply also. the gun shows are still coming around 2 weeks a month, ammo is not what it use to be at the shows too.
disapearing ammo 2009
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Rita says: record nile perch caught in texas is 12+ lbs.
Think Progress » “When I caught a 7.5 pound perch in my lake” 2006
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I think it warrants its own genre (and in texas it was called a texas chili dog).
Every dog has its day | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2006
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King is a great choice as replacement .... a real newsman! chris case in texas
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You can no longer blame it on the past administration unless you are either stupid or not paying attention. chris case in texas
CNN Poll: Blame for recession shifting from GOP to Democrats 2009
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April 23rd, 2010 5: 01 pm ET people are being kidnapped and held for ransom by illegal immigrants in texas and arizona and Odumbo does nothing.
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Everything else is according to the Republicans ... vet in texas
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I was raised in texas 5 minutes away from ft hood.
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It's Chex Mix, but with a kick! Everything in Texas is better with a little kick and this Texas Trash is no different because you add hot sauce to the mix!
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April 11, 2008