Definition of texas
: a structure on the awning deck of a steamer that contains the officers' cabins and has the pilothouse in front or on top
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Any sports writers out there willing to put texas in the preseason poll next year should be fired…..and flogged.
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TEXAS: Republican Gov. Greg Abbott can offer incentives to job creators.
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Origin and Etymology of texas
Texas, state of U.S.; from the naming of cabins on Mississippi steamboats after states, the officers' cabins being the largest
Definition of Texas
state in the southern U.S. bordering on Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico; capital Austin area 266,807 square miles (691,030 square kilometers), population 25,145,561
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