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Definition of Chicago
1. Noun. Largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan.
Terms within: Sears Tower, University Of Chicago
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center, Port
Group relationships: Il, Illinois, Land Of Lincoln, Prairie State
2. Noun. A gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card.
Definition of Chicago
1. Proper noun. A large city located on Lake Michigan in northeastern Illinois, USA. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chicago
Literary usage of Chicago
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunsetby Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1901)
"Double Drawing Room Sleeping Car and Dining Car San Francisco to chicago, ...
TUESDAYS, San Francisco to chicago, via Salt Lake, Pueblo and Kansas City. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
"EE§ Burns, Medill High School, chicago. Report of Committee on ' Reference Books
in Physics/ AH Sage, State Normal School, ..."
3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1904)
"D. t 1903 President University of chicago, chicago, ll! ... D., DD 1903 Professor
University of chicago, 5736 Washington Ave., chicago, lll. ..."
4. Who's who in America by Marquis Who's Who, Inc (1903)
"36 WB Conkey Co., chicago. 37 chicago Medical Book Co. ... 9 United Society of
Christian Endeavor, chicago and Boston. 10 Episcopal Pub'n Society, New York. ..."
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