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Whitman

[hwit-muhn, wit-]

noun

  1. Marcus, 1802–47, U.S. missionary and pioneer.

  2. Walt(er), 1819–92, U.S. poet.

  3. a city in SE Massachusetts.



Whitman

/ ˈɪٳə /

noun

  1. Walt ( er ). 1819–92, US poet, whose life's work is collected in Leaves of Grass (1855 and subsequent enlarged editions). His poems celebrate existence and the multiple elements that make up a democratic society

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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For a few brief years in his life, after hearing this passage of Whitman’s poem in class, Chuck allowed himself to feel wonderful, until a horrifying discovery set him on a different path.

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It has broken the 70-year-old record for the most consecutive weeks at number one by a US artist - surpassing Slim Whitman's Rose Marie, which spent 11 weeks at the top in 1955.

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Whitman says current EPA employees are “dispirited and frustrated.”

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In 1943, Whitman's Chocolate released an advertisement showcasing a soldier giving a box of chocolates to a young woman.

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Since Jan. 7, Whitman said, he has been up until midnight most nights filling orders for pool pumps powered by Honda engines, which he sells for $1,895 to $5,895, and for private hydrants.

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