Texas, Lone-Star State, TX, Tex.
(noun) the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Texas
A state in the south central part of the USA. Capital: Austin.
(rare) A unisex given name from place names.
• Lone Star State
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From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.
texas (plural texases)
The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tex"as, n.
Definition: A structure on the hurricane deck of a steamer, containing the pilot house, officers' cabins, etc. [Western U.S.] Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
