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Charles River   /tʃɑrlz rˈɪvər/   Listen
Charles River

noun
1.
A river in eastern Massachusetts that empties into Boston Harbor and that separates Cambridge from Boston.  Synonym: Charles.





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"Charles River" Quotes from Famous Books



... 16 Winthrop Street, a quiet little lane midway between the College Yard and Charles River, where he could pursue his hobbies without incessant interruption from casual droppers-in. Here he kept the specimens which he went on collecting, some live—a large turtle and two or three harmless snakes, ...
— Theodore Roosevelt; An Intimate Biography, • William Roscoe Thayer
... and to those who came to him for orders said "I have business that must be attended to of greater moment than your ruined garrison and this wretched country." Wolfe's last words were, "Tell Colonel Baxter to march Webb's regiment down to Charles River, to cut off their retreat from the Bridge. Now, God be praised, I will ...
— Lectures and Essays • Goldwin Smith


Words linked to "Charles River" :   Old Colony, ma, Massachusetts, Bay State, river


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