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

  • A village of southeast New York on the Hudson River north of New York City. Founded by the Dutch in the 1600s, it was the home of Washington Irving and the setting for many of his short stories.

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Examples

  • Later Friday, about 70 football players and supporters attended a press conference in Tarrytown, N.Y., where a teammate, Daniel Parker, of Lauderhill, Fla., briefly recounted the chaos of that night.

    Danroy Henry Was Aided Quickly, Police Chief Says AP 2010

  • Well, the steaks (fresh from Stu Leonards in Tarrytown by the way ...) certainly didn't help relieve the gout, that's for sure.

    Alternative Medicine - It's Not So Funny aka TBTAM 2009

  • Later Friday, about 70 football players and supporters attended a press conference in Tarrytown, N.Y., where a teammate, Daniel Parker, of Lauderhill, Fla., briefly recounted the chaos of that night.

    Danroy Henry Was Aided Quickly, Police Chief Says AP 2010

  • Later Friday, about 70 football players and supporters attended a press conference in Tarrytown, N.Y., where a teammate, Daniel Parker, of Lauderhill, Fla., briefly recounted the chaos of that night.

    Danroy Henry Was Aided Quickly, Police Chief Says AP 2010

  • Later Friday, about 70 football players and supporters attended a press conference in Tarrytown, N.Y., where a teammate, Daniel Parker, of Lauderhill, Fla., briefly recounted the chaos of that night.

    Danroy Henry Was Aided Quickly, Police Chief Says AP 2010

  • We stopped in Tarrytown for sustenance and to visit the historic Lyndhurst Estate, built in the 1830's for NYC mayor William Paulding and later home to robber baron Jay Gould.

    Biking the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail aka TBTAM 2008

  • I recently visited Barber in Tarrytown to learn about his fierce attachment to sous vide — and how he coped last spring with the threat that it might be severed, when inspectors from the New York City health department came to call.

    Out of the Frying Pan 2006

  • Or, rather, his kitchens: there is a much larger Blue Hill in Tarrytown, forty-five minutes north of the city in Westchester County.

    Out of the Frying Pan 2006

  • I recently visited Barber in Tarrytown to learn about his fierce attachment to sous vide — and how he coped last spring with the threat that it might be severed, when inspectors from the New York City health department came to call.

    Out of the Frying Pan 2006

  • Or, rather, his kitchens: there is a much larger Blue Hill in Tarrytown, forty-five minutes north of the city in Westchester County.

    Out of the Frying Pan 2006

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