单词 | lower forty-eight |
释义 | > as lemmaslower forty-eight lower forty-eight n. (also lower 48) U.S. (chiefly Alaska) (with the) the forty-eight contiguous American states, excluding Alaska and Hawaii; cf. sense A. 3b. ΚΠ 1959 Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner 26 Jan. b8/4 The touring Alaska Junior Bowling Champions..have played two matches in the Seattle-Tacoma areas since their arrival in the ‘Lower 48’ Friday. 1980 N.Y. Times (Electronic ed.) 3 June a19 Alaskans want the Federal Government out of their lives. They want the freedom they didn't find in the Lower 48. 2010 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 7 Nov. f10 There are twice as many time zones in Siberia—eight—as in the U.S. lower forty-eight. < as lemmas |
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