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

  • A city of southwest Missouri near the Kansas border west of Springfield. It grew in the 1800s as a center of lead and zinc mining.
  • Scott,American pianist and composer known for his ragtime works, including “Maple Leaf Rag” (1899) and the opera Treemonisha (1911).

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970)
  • noun United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917)

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