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  • 1. A town or city where a theatrical production is tried out before it appears in New York.

    2. A mining camp, so termed by miners because the hovels were “good enough for dogs to live in.�? (Gudde, Erwin Gustav. 1969. California Place Names; the Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. Rev. and enl. 3d ed. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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    July 11, 2009