Schuylkill

[ skool-kil, skoo-kuhl ]

noun

1. a river flowing SE from E Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long.

Example Sentences

Moreover, even in his new home on the banks of the Schuylkill River, Paine appeared a hotheaded radical.

From The Daily Beast

By September 10 every country farm was crowded with fugitives, and tents received thousands along the Schuylkill and beyond it.

From Project Gutenberg

Drives by the “wedded rivers” as Whittier calls them, the Schuylkill, and the Delaware—are enjoyments for high days and holidays.

From Project Gutenberg

He, not relishing the idea of sleeping on the banks of the Schuylkill, had return'd to the Mill.

From Project Gutenberg

I have given up my house here, and taken a small one in the country, on the banks of the Schuylkill, to serve me while I stay.

From Project Gutenberg

I, too, looked on these walks with an occasional row on the Schuylkill with him as the best part of my education.

From Project Gutenberg