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noun(Lin-coln)any of an English breed of long-wooled mutton-type sheep
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biographical name(Lin-coln)Abraham 1809—1865 16th president of the U.S. (1861—65)
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biographical name(Lin-coln)Benjamin 1733—1810 American general in Revolution
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geographical name(Lin-coln)city in southeastern Nebraska population 258,379
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geographical name(Lin-coln)city in eastern England population 100,000
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geographical name(Lin-coln)county of eastern England bordering the North Sea; capital Lincoln area 2354 square miles (6097 square kilometers), population 713,653
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noun(Lin-coln)February 12 observed as a legal holiday in many states of the U.S.
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noun(Lin-coln)the first Monday in February observed as a legal holiday by some states of the U.S.
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geographical name(Lin-coln)former highway 3332 miles (5361 kilometers) long from New York City to San Francisco completed in 1927 —name later used locally for sections of the highway still in use
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geographical name(Lin-coln)city in southeastern Michigan southwest of Detroit population 38,144
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geographical name(Lin-coln)vehicular tunnel 8216 feet (2504 meters) long under the Hudson River connecting New York (Manhattan Island) and New Jersey and having two tubes, the first of which opened in 1937