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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An artificial island of San Francisco Bay in northern California. Built for the Golden Gate International Exposition in 1939, it was a US Navy base from 1941 to 1997.
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Examples
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Five on a Treasure Island is the first in a long running series of adventure stories about a group of kids and the odd pet.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Five On A Treasure Island - Enid Blyton Blue Tyson 2007
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No, F-l-x, we would not call Treasure Island or the Pilgrim's Progress dime novels.
The Golden Road 1908
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Treasure Island, which is owned and operated by the Prairie Island Indian Community, was nominated by six-year veteran Sgt. Christopher Schmitz, of the Army National Guard.
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Today's announcement was made on Treasure Island, which is projected to be under water from sea-level rise within a century.
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Set in the westernmost end of the Calamianes Islands in Palawan, Mangenguey Island (formerly known as Treasure Island) is the brainchild of my friend Katya's mother, Helena Carratala Mander, known by most as Helena Guerrero of the iconic 70's Filipino fashion label
Walk This Way 2008
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I just tried to download 'Treasure Island', which is the book featured on the Google blog announcing this, but there's no download link visible in the UK...
Google Books Offers ePub Downloads Of Free Books | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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With MGM Mirage sharpening its focus on the luxury segment of the hospitality market, industry insiders believed it would make sense for the company to drop one of its lower or midmarket properties, such as Treasure Island, in order raise cash.
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"When I was a kiddie we had pretty hard times, and the best Christmas I remember was one when mother made us boys put up a shelf for our books, and she started our collection with 'Treasure Island' and 'Huckleberry Finn.'"
The Gay Cockade Temple Bailey
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In 1883 he first caught the attention of the larger public with "Treasure Island," one of the best, and probably the best written, boys 'story in the language.
Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Various
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"Treasure Island," has had hundreds of letters and conversations bearing on the subject.
The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison Champion Ingraham Hitchcock
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