Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 150 km (90 mi) long, of eastern Pennsylvania flowing generally southeast to the Delaware River.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a river in eastern Pennsylvania that flows southeast into the Delaware River
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Examples
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If you want to catch smallmouth, the Lehigh River is a hot spot now using almost anything.
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Authorities said about 100 people were evacuated in Bethlehem, Pa., because they live on a flooded road along the Lehigh River.
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Authorities said about 100 people were evacuated in Bethlehem, Pa., because they live on a flooded road along the Lehigh River.
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Our little cabin is right next to the Lehigh River, where we've been painting and rafting every day.
Stoddartsville Sketch James Gurney 2009
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Employing Philadelphia tradesmen, he built an impressive two-story Georgian stone mansion on the east bank of the Lehigh River, about 15 miles west of Easton.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2009
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Our little cabin is right next to the Lehigh River, where we've been painting and rafting every day.
Archive 2009-08-01 James Gurney 2009
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Weatherly (one of the boroughs in Carbon County) recently applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a permit to install a turbine at an existing dam on the Lehigh River.
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Lehigh River was an undertaking of great value and of probable profit to investors.
The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Archer Butler Hulbert 1903
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In 1793 the Lehigh Coal Mine Company was organized and purchased some ten thousand acres in the Mauch Chunk anthracite region, nine miles from the Lehigh River.
The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Archer Butler Hulbert 1903
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No contractor could be found who would haul the output to the Lehigh River for less than four dollars a ton, and the man who accepted those terms lost money.
The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway Archer Butler Hulbert 1903
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