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* '''Woolworth Building:''' a skyscraper in New York City (792 ft. tall), commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth → Tim Finnegan supposedly helped to build New York's skyscrapers
 
* '''Woolworth Building:''' a skyscraper in New York City (792 ft. tall), commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth → Tim Finnegan supposedly helped to build New York's skyscrapers
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolworth_Building Wikipedia]
  
* '''Woolworth:''' a chain of low-price stores; opened in England at the time and deridied by the conservative press for  introductincg 'Amercanism', consumerism, and 'luring' women into decandence and selfindulgence.
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* '''Woolworth:''' a chain of low-price stores; opened in England at the time and deridied by the conservative press for  introductincg 'Amercanism', consumerism, and 'luring' women into decadence and selfindulgence.
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160399&q1=Woolworth Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0399&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=L Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
  
 
* '''Sir William Walworth:''' Lord Mayor and one of the Nine Worthies of London
 
* '''Sir William Walworth:''' Lord Mayor and one of the Nine Worthies of London
** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl001600160389&q1=Walter Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
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** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0389&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=L Third Census of Finnegans Wake]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walworth Wikipedia]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walworth Wikipedia]
  
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[[Category: Rivers]]
 
[[Category: Rivers]]
 
[[Category: Geography of Dublin]]
 
[[Category: Geography of Dublin]]
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Latest revision as of 12:05, 6 September 2018

  • Woolworth Building: a skyscraper in New York City (792 ft. tall), commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth → Tim Finnegan supposedly helped to build New York's skyscrapers
  • Woolworth: a chain of low-price stores; opened in England at the time and deridied by the conservative press for introductincg 'Amercanism', consumerism, and 'luring' women into decadence and selfindulgence.
  • wall
  • Walworth Road: site of a Jewish synagogue in Dublin (now a Jewish museum)
  • Waal: Dutch distributary of the Rhine; also a village and district in southern Holland