Battle creek
a city in S Michigan.
Contemporary Examples
The show centers on two detectives with contrasting world views who must clean up the streets of Battle Creek, Mich.
What’s Next For The ‘Breaking Bad’ Cast: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, and More Marlow Stern September 29, 2013
It was about a husband and wife team stalking Tony the Tiger in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Jane Lynch on Playing Meryl Streep’s Sister Marshall Heyman August 5, 2009
Historical Examples
One is curious to know what might have been the accommodations at “the Ridge,” and at Battle Creek.
The American Quarterly Review Various
He was present at our Stamford meeting and at those in Battle Creek.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 Various
They had evidently come out to see whether we had quitted our late position by Battle Creek.
Buckskin Mose Buckskin Mose
Now just a word furthermore with reference to this wonderful town of Battle Creek which in 1932 celebrated its centennial.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
Emma Miller, who lived in Battle Creek, had been an invalid for nearly three years.
Birth of a Reformation Andrew Byers
I found two trees in Battle Creek, Michigan, in a front yard.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
There were the same fields of wheat and corn, and at Battle Creek evidently as much business in the flour mills as at Marshall.
Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Willard Glazier
Mr. Gardner: I submit that that Battle Creek woman should start a new breakfast food.
Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Northern Nut Growers Association
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