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   carrier bag
         n 1: a bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's
               purchases [syn: {sack}, {poke}, {paper bag}, {carrier bag}]

English Dictionary: carrier bag by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carrier pigeon
n
  1. a homing pigeon used to carry messages
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
carrier wave
n
  1. a radio wave that can be modulated in order to transmit a signal
    Synonym(s): carrier wave, carrier
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chari River
n
  1. an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad [syn: Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Currer Bell
n
  1. English novelist; one of three Bronte sisters (1818-1848)
    Synonym(s): Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Currer Bell
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From {Carry}.]
      1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
  
                     The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds.
                                                                              --Bacon.
  
      2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry
            goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
  
                     The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich
                     manufactures.                                    --Swift.
  
      3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as:
            (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the
                  motion of the face plate; a lathe dog.
            (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine.
                  (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers
                  the cartridge to a position from which it can be
                  thrust into the barrel.
  
      {Carrier pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon
            used to convey letters from a distant point to to its
            home.
  
      {Carrier shell} (Zo[94]l.), a univalve shell of the genus
            {Phorus}; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones
            and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as
            almost to conceal it.
  
      {Common carrier} (Law.) See under {Common}, a.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dove \Dove\, n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[?]fe; akin to OS.
      d[?]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[?]ba, G. taube, Icel. d[?]fa, Sw.
      dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[?]b[?]; perh. from the root of E.
      dive.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A pigeon of the genus {Columba} and various
            related genera. The species are numerous.
  
      Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
               {fantails}, {tumblers}, {carrier pigeons}, etc., was
               derived from the {rock pigeon} ({Columba livia}) of
               Europe and Asia; the {turtledove} of Europe, celebrated
               for its sweet, plaintive note, is {C. turtur} or
               {Turtur vulgaris}; the {ringdove}, the largest of
               European species, is {C. palumbus}; the {Carolina
               dove}, or {Mourning dove}, is {Zenaidura macroura}; the
               {sea dove} is the little auk ({Mergulus alle} or {Alle
               alle}). See {Turtledove}, {Ground dove}, and {Rock
               pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of innocence, gentleness,
               and affection; also, in art and in the Scriptures, the
               typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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      Zip code(s): 12521
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