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- proper noun informal
Detroit - proper noun poker slang A
jack and afive as a starting hand inTexas hold 'em - proper noun music A style of artists/bands which recorded for Motown Records.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor
Etymologies
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Examples
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Motown is also producing a series of podcasts to be rolled out gradually over the year.
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The Redskins coach was the subject of scorn and ridicule before his team lost to the Lions, but the setback in Motown only racheted up the heat.
NFL Replay: Declining skills at the root of T.O.'s slow start 2009
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Motown is also producing a series of podcasts to be rolled out gradually over the year.
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Though the group recorded in Motown, it never released an album in part because of Jamesâs AWOL status.
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Motown is about to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Archive 2008-11-01 The Nag 2008
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I know it's supposed to be all about getting cap room, but I just do not see LBJ in Motown, if there even still is a Motown in 2010.
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I know it's supposed to be all about getting cap room, but I just do not see LBJ in Motown, if there even still is a Motown in 2010.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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This weekend they're in Motown to see them play the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
Baseball Fanatics 2007
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Like most of the bands and assorted solo acts gathered at CMJ this week, Q-Tip came to spread the word: that first song was “Fever,” the second single from his album “The Renaissance,” which Universal Motown is scheduled to release next year.
CMJ Music Marathon: Q-Tip Catches the Fever - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Like most of the bands and assorted solo acts gathered at CMJ this week, Q-Tip came to spread the word: that first song was “Fever,” the second single from his album “The Renaissance,” which Universal Motown is scheduled to release next year.
CMJ Music Marathon: Q-Tip Catches the Fever - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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