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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river formed in central New Hampshire and flowing about 180 km (110 mi) south into northeast Massachusetts then northeast to the Atlantic Ocean. It was long used as a source of power for textile mills.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river that rises in south central New Hampshire and flows through Concord and Manchester into Massachusetts and empties into the Atlantic Ocean
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Examples
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This ferry was as busy as a beaver dam, and all the world seemed anxious to get across the Merrimack River at this particular point, waiting to get set over, -- children with their two cents done up in paper, jail-birds broke loose and constable with warrant, travellers from distant landsto distant lands, men and women to whom the Merrimack River was a bar.
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The Spicket River flows into the Merrimack River, which is a source of drinking water for several communities.
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Low light conditions are producing big bass around Plum Island for anglers tossing live eels and big soft-plastic baits, while the mouth of the Merrimack River has been the site for some blitzes of bass into the mid-30-inch range mixed in with a ton of blues.
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Low light conditions are producing big bass around Plum Island for anglers tossing live eels and big soft-plastic baits, while the mouth of the Merrimack River has been the site for some blitzes of bass into the mid-30-inch range mixed in with a ton of blues.
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Low light conditions are producing big bass around Plum Island for anglers tossing live eels and big soft-plastic baits, while the mouth of the Merrimack River has been the site for some blitzes of bass into the mid-30-inch range mixed in with a ton of blues.
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Low light conditions are producing big bass around Plum Island for anglers tossing live eels and big soft-plastic baits, while the mouth of the Merrimack River has been the site for some blitzes of bass into the mid-30-inch range mixed in with a ton of blues.
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McCain signed a campaign poster during an event at Jillian's in the Millyard along the Merrimack River.
Michael K. Lavers: A New Hampshire Native Returns Home to Cover the Primary Michael K. Lavers 2012
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In Lawrence, Mass., Mayor William Lantigua caught a private contractor dumping truckloads of snow in the Merrimack River late Sunday and early Monday.
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McCain signed a campaign poster during an event at Jillian's in the Millyard along the Merrimack River.
Michael K. Lavers: A New Hampshire Native Returns Home to Cover the Primary Michael K. Lavers 2012
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Hostility toward the Constitution was particularly strong among communities in central New Hampshire along the Merrimack River.
Ratification Pauline Maier 2010
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