Quincy
Americannoun
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Josiah, 1744–75, American patriot and writer.
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a city in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
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a city in W Illinois, on the Mississippi.
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a male given name.
Example Sentences
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He produced hip-hop tracks, wrote the score for an off-Broadway play attended by Quincy Jones, and came under Jones’ tutelage.
From Los Angeles Times
But during the Oscars, which was produced by Quincy Jones, Goldberg, who was hosting, took a swipe at the civil rights leader who was picketing across town.
From Los Angeles Times
Claude James Jr., a behavioral specialist at a Boston high school, said the rent for the one-bedroom apartment he shares with his fiancée in suburban Quincy, Mass., eats up half of his monthly net income.
The first concerns Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, which supports an isolationist U.S. foreign policy.
To get there, Bat and Janie and Dad rode out of Dad’s apartment complex and down a bike path toward central Quincy.
From Literature
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