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Stringtown [striŋ•taʊn] noun 1. a rural, unincorporated residential community of homes and farms overlooking Baker Bay in Pacific ...
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Painted Lady [pānt•əd lā•dē] noun 1. a colloquialism given to elaborate houses built in the Victorian or Edwardian — ...
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Walluski [wôl•æ•skɪ] 1. Wallooskee River: a winding, 10-mile tributary of the Youngs River that flows downhill southwest of ...
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Crest [krɛst] noun 1. the top of a mountain or hill; summit 2. the frothy top of a ...
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Knutsen [kə•nüt•sən] 1. Knutsen Insurance: a local, independent insurance agency with offices in both Astoria and Gearhart. Founded in ...
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Tsunami [(t)su̇•nä•mē] 1. a large sea wave, often a series of long and high waves, produced by violent ...
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June hog [dʒun hɔg] noun 1. slang: regional parlance in the Pacific Northwest describing the biggest, fattest, most-prized ...
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Doughboy (doʊ • bɔɪ) noun 1. archaic slang: nickname for a U.S. Army infantryman, most commonly associated with ...
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Knappton [noun 1. Once a thriving mill town built out onto a temperamental cove on the north bank of ...
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“Mug up” [mʌg- ʌp] 1. British slang: to study hard on a subject; to cram before a test 2. ...