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

  • A city of northeast Kansas on the Missouri River northwest of Kansas City. Settled in 1854 by proslavery partisans from Missouri, it is near Fort Leavenworth, the site of a federal penitentiary.

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  • I have heard rumore of a MONSTER atypical Buck in Leavenworth County KS, I keep looking in the Area I hear the most about, never seen him yet or found a shed, hell I would settle for a shed!!!!

    Record Bucks of History 2009

  • Heaven help us ... we do not NEED any more of Cheney's "services" for anything except time in Leavenworth!

    Cheney beats back 2012 efforts 2009

  • Led by Kansas Republican Sen. Sam Brownback, national, state and local leaders came together in Leavenworth Monday to once again oppose transferring detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Fort Leavenworth, Kans.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 04, 2009 2009

  • I have heard rumore of a MONSTER atypical Buck in Leavenworth County KS, I keep looking in the Area I hear the most about, never seen him yet or found a shed, hell I would settle for a shed!!!!

    Record Bucks of History 2009

  • So it goes, my great great-grandfather worked at the Santa Fe Depot in Leavenworth — first city of Kansas, you know?

    365 tomorrows » 2009 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2009

  • Mr. Hack knows all about having thing shoved up his ass as he spent his 9 years in Leavenworth getting cocks shoved up his. daveNYC Says:

    Matthew Yglesias » The Right Enemies 2009

  • There is a doctor in Leavenworth prison right now for that.

    CHAPTER XV 2010

  • The reality is she should be planning a visit to him in Leavenworth after the way the idiot lied to us.

    Clintons plan secret trip to Bermuda, says paper 2009

  • Another Medal of Honor recipient in Leavenworth, Charles Hagemeister, also has his share of stories about what many of the 150 recipients still alive simply call "impostors."

    MOH Donlon 2010

  • He should be moving into an 8′ X 8′ room in Leavenworth, along with all of his accomplices. —

    Bushes Settle On a Home in Dallas - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

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