2. Verb. (third-person singular of bluff) ¹
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Definition of Bluffs
1. bluff [v] - See also: bluff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluffs
Literary usage of Bluffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. William Clayton's Journal: A Daily Record of the Journey of the Original by William Clayton (1921)
"NB The bluffs opposite are named Castle bluffs." At 7:35 we continued our journey.
We found the prairie tolerably wet, many ponds of water standing which ..."
2. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1905)
"But at Council bluffs, Mr. WK Clifford, first as the principal of the high school
... The result is, that Council bluffs children read better, write better, ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"These bluffs front the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. The ascent is abrupt and
precipitous, and the only approach to the city by land from up the river is by ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1877)
"Now the river bluffs are the natural windbreaks of the great central plains, and
without them the prairies would be a bleak, an almost uninhabitable plateau ..."
5. Sketches from America by John White (1870)
"About three in the afternoon, we stopped at the town of Council bluffs, ...
The town of Council bluffs is built at the foot of some bold and steep banks, ..."
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