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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of central Indiana north of Indianapolis. Natural gas deposits were discovered there in the late 1800s.
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- proper noun A
city , thecounty seat of Howard County,Indiana ,United States . See Wikipedia:Kokomo, Indiana - proper noun An unincorporated community in
Mississippi
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Examples
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There used to be an AC-Delco plant in Kokomo along with the Chryco transmission plant.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Government Strongarm Tactics in the Chrysler Bankrupcy 2009
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Last week, he played a three-on-three game with high school students in Kokomo, Ind., and this week took on members of the U.N.C. team in Chapel Hill, including national collegiate player of the year Tyler Hansbrough.
The Basketball Primaries - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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Last week, he played a three-on-three game with high school students in Kokomo, Ind., and this week took on members of the U.N.C. team in Chapel Hill, including national collegiate player of the year Tyler Hansbrough.
The Basketball Primaries - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008
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Called a Sensing Diagnostic Module, the electronic "brains" behind an airbag were developed by General Motors and are now manufactured by its spin-off company Delphi at an electronics plant in Kokomo, Ind. GM's air bags are made in Vandalia at Delphi's Interior & Lighting Systems plant and are later hooked up to the black boxes on assembly lines for GM and other auto companies.
Boing Boing: August 18, 2002 - August 24, 2002 Archives 2002
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Unlike Tiny Toons’ “A Night in Kokomo,” which paid dubious tribute to the Marx Brothers by re-using many of their famous routines, “King Yakko” is a genuine tribute: An attempt to capture the spirit of the Marx Brothers without slavishly copying them.
ANIMANIACS, part 1 Jaime J. Weinman 2004
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The officers were responding to a 911 about a man believed dead at the home in Kokomo, which is about 40 miles north of Indianapolis.
13WHAM: Top Stories 2010
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Anyone with more information about the investigation is asked to call the Kokomo police hot line at 765-456-7017 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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Police asked anyone with information about the case to call Kokomo police at 765-456-7017 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
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Soon he was known as Kokomo and the name James Arnold all but vanished.
Expecting Rain 2009
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I'm a native of Vermont, and this is my favorite mondegreen (from the Beach Boys '"Kokomo"):
Mondegreens lili 2009
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