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Asheville

noun

A town in western North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west of Charlotte.

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"Asheville" Quotes from Famous Books

... During the writing of the play, she often said, "Yes, father, it is all true. I believe every word of it." It was as though the thought embodied in the play gave her comfort. When we discovered how ill she was, I took her to Asheville, North Carolina, thinking the climate would help her. She grew worse. Still hoping, we went to Colorado, and there ...

— The Return of Peter Grimm • David Belasco

... lonesome, I'm as apt as not to put the muzzle o' my gun in my mouth an' blow the top o' my head off—that's how I feel most o' the time. I tell you what you do, Dan: you jest put these here on me an' take me down to Garyville—er plumb on to Asheville—an' draw your money. That'll square up things fer you an' that pore ...

— Southern Lights and Shadows • Edited by William Dean Howells & Henry Mills Alden

... east of Asheville, North Carolina, lives the Lorelei of the French Broad River. This stream—the Tselica of the Indians—contains in its upper reaches many pools where the rapid water whirls and deepens, and where the traveller likes to pause ...

— Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete • Charles M. Skinner

Words linked to "Asheville" : Old North State, North Carolina, town, NC, Tar Heel State