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单词 river family
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river family
river family n. (also with capital initials) each of a group of long-established, wealthy families living in the Hudson River valley in New York State; usually in plural.
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1835 Atkinson's Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 14 Nov. 1/7 Before the Earl sailed for the new world, Mr. Livingston, the common ancestor of the opulent Hudson river family of that name, was in London.]
1866 W. H. Bogart Who goes There? ii. 89 The old river families of New York had not quite lost their caste of influence.
1933 P. Wilstach Hudson River Landings ix. 212 Miss Philipse was esteemed one of the most beautiful and accomplished young women among the river families.
1950 H. N. MacCracken Hickory Limb 136 Friend of most members of the ‘River Families’, he had been active in nearly every town movement. The rowing regatta owed everything to his friendly aid.
2005 J. C. Ghee & J. Spence Eleanor Roosevelt i. 9 She was a child of the river families society.
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