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 n.— «Baton Rouge, or BR as it is sometimes called locally, has been growing in size and economic stature for more than a decade, while the Big Easy has been shrinking.» —“A Sleepy Baton Rouge Wakes Up a Boomtown” by Miguel Bustillo in Baton Rouge, La. Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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