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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A township of northeast New Jersey west of New York City. It was settled in 1692 as Camptown and renamed in 1852 in honor of Washington Irving.

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Examples

  • Yet living in Irvington, with no AH, he fosters large scale AH on other neighborhoods and then refuses to provide the public information to the public to figure out what is going on.

    Fish on Lents stadium deal: Nuh-uh (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Emily Maltby Michelle Darden, seen here, is a student at Seton Hall University and she took a day off of classes to attend the event because she wants to help her mom, the current owner of Kchelly's Beauty Center in Irvington, N.J. "The business is growing, but slowly," she explains.

    Need Advice? We'll Give You 30 Minutes 2010

  • She took a day off of classes to attend the event because she wants to help her mom, the current owner of Kchelly's Beauty Center in Irvington, N.J. "She's thinking of handing [the business] to me," explains Ms. Darden, who is currently a manager at the salon and beauty-supply store.

    Need Advice? We'll Give You 30 Minutes Emily Maltby 2010

  • I went to the store in Irvington and was greeted with prompt service and a good 30 minute demo personalized for what I wanted.

    I just called to say, "I'm on welfare" (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Little did I know, when growing up in Irvington, 50-60 years ago, that our favorite sledding hill, 32nd Place, was once Glenn Avenue.

    What's in a number? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • It circled for hours over the NE 20's in Irvington on Monday afternoon/evening and again during Tuesday morning/afternoon.

    What's the buzz? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • Irvington is considering an ordinance to limit the numbers of drycleaners and how close they may be to each other.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Dan 2007

  • Irvington is considering an ordinance to limit the numbers of drycleaners and how close they may be to each other.

    Taking Plainfield to the cleaners? Dan 2007

  • Dan, I grew up in Irvington and I do not remember that there was any riot or disturbance during the summer of 1967.

    1967: Plainfield and 10 other NJ towns besides Newark Dan 2007

  • It's at my new office in Irvington, New York (click on the link to see the neat photos).

    January 2005 2005

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