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Penobscot

noun

A member of the Algonquian people belonging to the Abnaki confederacy and living in the Penobscot valley in northern Maine.

A river in central Maine flowing into Penobscot Bay. Synonym: Penobscot River.

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"Penobscot" Quotes from Famous Books

... knew little or nothing of this most excellent herb, but since that we have been taught to find it growing all over hill and dale between the Lat. 40 and 60. It is found all over New England in great plenty and that of best quality particularly on the banks of the Penobscot, Kennebec, Nichewannock, ...

— Customs and Fashions in Old New England • Alice Morse Earle

... County, the most populous of the State, had been badly over-crowded, but within four months of the enactment of the law there were but five prisoners in it, three of whom were liquor-sellers, put in for violation of the law. The jails of Penobscot; Kennebec, Franklin, Oxford and York were absolutely empty. The inmates of the work-houses were greatly reduced in number, and in some of the smaller ...

— Grappling with the Monster • T. S. Arthur

Words linked to "Penobscot" : Maine, Algonquian, Penobscot Bay, Penobscot River, ME, Algonquin, Pine Tree State, river