boston
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Noun (1)
- state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial servicesSynonyms: Hub of the UniverseBean TownBeantowncapital of Massachusetts
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Boston \Bos"ton\, n. A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war. [1913 Webster]