Leavenworth

[ lev-uh n-wurth, -werth ]

/ ˈlɛv ənˌwɜrθ, -wərθ /

a city in NE Kansas.

a federal and military prison there.

Example sentences from the Web for leavenworth

On a small table, over which hung the gas-light, was a silver box, such as I had seen in the hands of Redwood at Leavenworth.

Plane and Plank |Oliver Optic
Penitentiary lightning struck me in the city of Leavenworth, Kansas.

The Twin Hells |John N. Reynolds
About this time we had reached Leavenworth, where I spent about half a day on shore.

Ten years in the ranks, U.S. army |Augustus Meyers
I knew that it would be necessary to take my family, who had been with me at Sheridan, to Leavenworth and leave them there.

An Autobiography of Buffalo Bill (Colonel W. F. Cody) |Buffalo Bill (William Frederick Cody)

You are the person who first discovered the body of Mr. Leavenworth?

The Leavenworth Case |Anna Katherine Green

Leavenworth

/ (ˈlɛvənˌwɜːθ, -wəθ) /

a city in NE Kansas, on the Missouri River: the state's oldest city, founded in 1854 by proslavery settlers from Missouri. Pop: 35 211 (2003 est)