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Newark|ˈnjuːək, ˈnuːək| The name of a city in New Jersey, U.S.A., used attrib. or in Comb. in various special collocations (see quots.).
1787in T. F. De Voe Market Book (1862) I. 181 (New) Jersey, a Burlington ham and Newark cyder. 1804A. F. M. Willich Domestic Encycl. III. 111/1 Newark Pippin... It is said to have been imported from France. 1858S. P. Avery Harp of Thousand Strings 289 A well-known sporting character of the city had made a bet that he would drive his ‘Newark waggon’ (a light carriage with two horses) the whole length of Broadway. 1870R. Tomes Bazaar Bk. Decorum 136 He will be sure to detect the Newark cider in your Champagne bottle. 1910A. E. Bostwick Amer. Public Library 45 In the type of two⁓card system known as the ‘Newark’ system.., an additional record of the date is made on a flap attached to the inside of the book. 1961T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 261/1 Newark charging system, the method of recording book loans which is most widely used in America. |