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

  • A river, about 290 km (180 mi) long, of southeast Mississippi flowing generally south to join the Chickasawhay and form the Pascagoula River.

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  • Getting up at 4 in the morning to ride the short bus with ugly country boys, out to Durand, Dixon, or Leaf River, to walk miles in your cheap K-Mart shoes and stand in the middle of a field surrounded by 7 foot tall vegetables, feeling no breeze at all.

    whitehelmet Diary Entry whitehelmet 2004

  • Add that to the fact that he is married with four kids, and lives on a farm in Leaf River.

    whitehelmet Diary Entry whitehelmet 2004

  • Mr. --, tole us dat you leff dem to take us to Leaf River.

    Memorials of a southern planter, 1887

  • Next day (20th) we passed the influx of six rivers, the largest of which is Leaf River, coming in from the West.

    Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851

  • In a remap-inspired matchup of two incumbent Republican congressman in northwestern Illinois' 16th District, 19-year Rep. Donald Manzullo of Leaf River reported having $522,864 to start 2012 after raising $169,867 in the final three months of last year.

    News - chicagotribune.com By Rick Pearson 2012

  • Next day (20th) we passed the influx of six rivers, the largest of which is Leaf River, coming in from the West.

    Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828

  • Also full up, though only three years old, is Camp Kupugani in Leaf River, Ill., a multicultural girls 'camp that has been able to expand from 25 to 50 campers despite the recession.

    The Buffalo News: Home 2009

  • Also full up, though only three years old, is Camp Kupugani in Leaf River, Ill., a multicultural girls 'camp that has been able to expand from 25 to 50 campers despite the recession.

    unknown title 2009

  • Also full up, though only three years old, is Camp Kupugani in Leaf River, Ill., a multicultural girls 'camp that has been able to expand from 25 to 50 campers despite the recession.

    Newsvine - Get Smarter Here AP National Writer David Crary 2009

  • Also full up, though only three years old, is Camp Kupugani in Leaf River, Ill., a multicultural girls 'camp that has been able to expand from 25 to 50 campers despite the recession.

    Central Florida News 13 - Latest Headlines 2009

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