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Milwaukee

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Mil·wau·kee  (ml-wôk)
A city of southeast Wisconsin on Lake Michigan. Established as a fur-trading post in 1795, it was a major center of German immigration during the last half of the 19th century and was long noted for its breweries and meat-packing plants. It is the largest city in the state. Population: 573,000.
Milwaukee [mɪlˈwɔːkiː]
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(Placename) a port in SE Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan: the largest city in the state; established as a trading post in the 18th century; an important industrial centre. Pop.: 596 974 (2000)
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Noun1.MilwaukeeMilwaukee - largest city of Wisconsin; located in southeastern Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan; a flourishing agricultural center known for its breweries
Badger State, WI, Wisconsin - a midwestern state in north central United States


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By 1892 Boston and New York were talking to Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburg, and Washington.
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These rags in bales, of all hues and qualities, the lowest condition to which cotton and linen descend, the final result of dress -- of patterns which are now no longer cried up, unless it be in Milwaukee, as those splendid articles, English, French, or American prints, ginghams, muslins, etc.
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Miss Kinzey was from Milwaukee, somewhat direct of speech; and as her fancy leaned towards the secretary, she divined there was work in hand.
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