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Green Bay

noun

A city of eastern Wisconsin on an arm of Lake Michigan.

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"Green bay" Quotes from Famous Books

... did as he was told, and threw the little hare into the fire; but no sooner did the little hare begin to feel the heat of the flames than he took some green bay leaves he had plucked for the purpose and held them in the middle of the fire, where they crackled and made a great noise. Then he called loudly 'Itchi, Itchi! Rabbit, my friend, be quick, be quick! Don't you hear how my ...

— The Pink Fairy Book • Various

... old days, eh, Higbee?" queried the Crown Prince of Cripple Creek—"when you and me had to walk from Chicago to Green Bay, Wisconsin, because we didn't have enough shillings for stage-fare?" He gazed ...

— The Spenders - A Tale of the Third Generation • Harry Leon Wilson

... the wide green bay. The groups of women grow smaller in the distance. The country of round umbrellas with a thousand ribs ...

— Madame Chrysantheme Complete • Pierre Loti

... principle of set a thief to catch a thief, perhaps she may; but really it is no jesting matter. Them ere robbers flourish like a green bay tree, for a space at least, and it is 'nation bad sport for us poor lambs till they be cut down and withered like grass. But your house, Mr. Aram, is very lonesome like; it is out of reach of all your neighbours. Hadn't you ...

— Eugene Aram, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... one who doesn't pay, generally speaking," answered Brett, with a grin. "He flourishes like a green bay tree instead. I never dream of paying for my sins," ...

— The Vision of Desire • Margaret Pedler

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