Suwannee River love

Definitions

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

  • A river, about 425 km (265 mi) long, flowing from southeast Georgia across northern Florida to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Examples

  • The main feature was a specially crafted musical number sung to the tune of "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River" (the first line of her version: "You'll be a very special father, so I've been told").

    Ding Dong. Your Singing Telegram Is Calling Charles Passy 2010

  • As Beryl presses northeastward and strengthens, it is forecast to come ashore between Appalachia Bay and Suwannee River late Sunday.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • As Beryl presses northeastward and strengthens, it is forecast to come ashore between Appalachia Bay and Suwannee River late Sunday.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • The main feature was a specially crafted musical number sung to the tune of "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River" (the first line of her version: "You'll be a very special father, so I've been told").

    Ding Dong. Your Singing Telegram Is Calling Charles Passy 2010

  • As Beryl presses northeastward and strengthens, it is forecast to come ashore between Appalachia Bay and Suwannee River late Sunday.

    A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010

  • The main feature was a specially crafted musical number sung to the tune of "Way Down Upon the Suwannee River" (the first line of her version: "You'll be a very special father, so I've been told").

    Ding Dong. Your Singing Telegram Is Calling Charles Passy 2010

  • And so, way down on the Suwannee River, Dixie County, Florida has become the dean's new battleground over the Ten Commandments.

    CNN Transcript Aug 9, 2008 2008

  • The still adolescent Edgar is accompanying his mother and sister on his first journey south; they are floating down the Suwannee River:

    An Epic of the Everglades Dirda, Michael 2008

  • In the west, the swamp is drained by the Suwannee River, which flows into the Gulf of Mexico, and in the south and east by St. Mary's River, which flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

    Travel Guide: the Watery Wonders in the U.S.A. 2008

  • The trail went deep into the endless stand of blackjack pine and water oak and up by Otter Springs and then almost all the way down upon the Suwannee River, where in fact very few old folks stay.

    Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007

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