boston

Noun

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. state capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial servicesSynonyms: Hub of the UniverseBean TownBeantowncapital of Massachusetts
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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]
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