excelsior

/ik-sel-see-er, ek-/US // ɪkˈsɛl si ər, ɛk- //UK // (ɪkˈsɛlsɪˌɔː) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : fine wood shavings, used for stuffing, packing, etc.
- : Printing. a 3-point type: a size smaller than brilliant.

In Minneapolis, Minnesota, and outside of it, on 40 acres of half-hearted farmland outside of Excelsior, Minnesota.
One of the best of all parodies is one in imitation of Longfellow's "Excelsior," entitled "Tobacco."
We had to turn aside on our way downstairs for more furniture to make Buster a bed in a box full of excelsior in the shed.
Although it did not cry "Excelsior," its output of vocables might have been mistaken, by a casual ear, for that clarion call.
Briefly, it was a boom for the author and the "Daily Excelsior."
The dispatch had been redirected from the office of the "Daily Excelsior."