Dawson

[ daw-suh n ]

/ ˈdɔ sən /

Sir John William,1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator.

William Levi,1899–1990, U.S. composer and conductor.

a town in NW Canada, at the confluence of the Yukon and Klondike rivers: former capital of the Yukon Territory.

Example sentences from the Web for dawson

Joey was strong, resourceful, plucky, goofy, and vulnerable—and, of course, you hoped she would pick Pacey over Dawson.

How Can Katie Holmes Escape Tom Cruise—and ‘Dawson’s Creek’? |Tim Teeman |October 30, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Mass shootings are also not unprecedented, having happened at Ecole Polytechnique in 1989 and at Dawson College in 2006.

Terrorist Ends Canada’s Innocence |Tim Mak |October 22, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Instead, LaFrieda, Hanna-Korpi, and Dawson all see a general back-to-basics approach from hereon in.

Have We Reached ‘Peak Burger’? The Crazy Fetishization of Our Most Basic Comfort Food |Brandon Presser |July 31, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
From the streets to the minor details, Dawson City and the Klondike were able to truly come to life.

Game of Gold Rush |Anna Brand |January 2, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But there are certain consistent features of these stories, said Dawson.

Why Do People Believe in Scientology and Other Fringe Religions? |Jesse Singal |July 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Mr. Dawson inquired if the same rules that applied to the House, did not also apply to Committees of the Whole?

Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. II (of 16) |Thomas Hart Benton
It was when they were but three miles from Dawson that the break-up came.

Colorado Jim |George Goodchild
Dawson now clasped his fist around the bracelet which he meant to leave locked.

The Portal of Dreams |Charles Neville Buck
Dawson and Job went first—I followed—we passed the passage, and came to the chamber of the sleeping Mrs. Brimstone.

Pelham, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"Now you will please 'old your reins and your bodies as the other young ladies do," commanded Dawson.

Peggy Stewart at School |Gabrielle E. Jackson

Dawson

/ (ˈdɔːsən) /

a town in NW Canada, in the Yukon on the Yukon River: a boom town during the Klondike gold rush (at its height in 1899). Pop: 1251 (2001)