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    Quoins (/kɔɪn/ or /kwɔɪn/) are masonry blocks at the corner of a wall. Some are structural, providing strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble...
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  • Australia Quoin Hill Airfield, Vanuatu Du Quoin, Illinois, USA Du Quoin station Du Quoin State Fairgrounds DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack Quoin (gunnery)...
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    Du Quoin (/duːˈkɔɪn/ doo-KOYN) is a city in Perry County, Illinois. It is best known for hosting the annual DuQuoin State Fair and the Street Machine Nationals...
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  • Quoin Island may refer to: Quoin Island, Torres Strait North of Cape York Peninsula, Australia Quoin Island (Gladstone Harbour), Queensland, Australia...
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    Quoin Bluff, also known as Quoin Bluff South, is an elevated limestone headland midway along the eastern side of Dirk Hartog Island, in Shark Bay, on the-west...
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    A quoin is a device used to lock printing type in a chase in letterpress printing. Quoins are pairs of wedges, facing opposite directions. A wrench or...
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    Cutler, Du Quoin Number 1, Du Quoin Number 2, Du Quoin Number 3, Du Quoin Number 4, Du Quoin Number 5, Du Quoin Number 6, Du Quoin Number 7, Du Quoin Number...
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  • Quoin Island (also known as As Salamah Island and Great Quoin Island) is the largest of three islands of the As Salamah Archipelago. It is the northernmost...
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  • The DuQuoin State Fair is an annual festival, centering on the themes of agriculture and country music, hosted by the U.S. state of Illinois on an approximately...
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    Du Quoin station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Du Quoin, Illinois, United States, on the Illini and Saluki routes. The City of New Orleans route...
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    The Du Quoin State Fairgrounds are located in the city of Du Quoin in Perry County, Illinois, United States. The fairgrounds are located along U.S. Route...
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  • systems replaced with buses. Local transit also previously had existed in Du Quoin and West Frankfort, provided by horsecar and bus respectively. Since SCT...
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    Quoin Hill Airfield was an airfield in North Efate, in Vanuatu (IATA: UIQ, ICAO: NVVQ). The airfield was used during World War II but is no longer usable...
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  • The Du Quoin Call was an American daily newspaper published in Du Quoin, Illinois. In 1987, the paper was acquired by Hollinger. Former owner GateHouse...
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    dirt. Also used to pierce the cartridge, that it may sooner take fire. The quoin of mire are pieces of wood with a notch on the side to put the fingers on...
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    DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack is a one-mile (1.6-km) clay oval motor racetrack in Du Quoin, Illinois, about 90 miles (140 km) southeast of St Louis...
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  • Old Du Quoin is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Illinois, United States. The community is located along Illinois Route 14 3.8 miles (6.1 km)...
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  • Picnkeyville/Du Quoin Airport (ICAO: KPJY, FAA: PJY) is a civil, public use airport located 6 miles southeast of Pinckneyville and about 9 miles west of Du Quoin, Illinois...
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    namely Dyer Island; Geyser Island; and Quoin Rock, that lies 25 km (16 mi) away from Dyer Island, off the coast of Quoin Point Nature Reserve and Agulhas National...
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  • Mitirinchi Island National Park is a national park including all of Quoin Island in the Shire of Cook, Queensland, Australia. It is within the Great Barrier...
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    Billie Hayes (category People from Du Quoin, Illinois)
    portrayals of Witchiepoo and Li'l Abner's Mammy Yokum. Hayes was born in Du Quoin, Illinois, on August 5, 1924, to Charles and Marie (Armstrong) Brosch. Her...
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  • DuQuoin Community Unit School District 300 is a school district headquartered in DuQuoin, Illinois. In addition it serves St. Johns and Sunfield. The district's...
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    with a quoin stretcher, the course will ordinarily terminate with a quoin stretcher at the other end. The next course up will begin with a quoin header...
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    408 at the 2010 census. Dowell was founded as a coal town and named by Du Quoin attorney George Dowell and William Lafont. They requested bids for property...
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  • Performance by a Foreign Actor for Ticket to Heaven (1981). Boyd was born in Du Quoin, Illinois and raised there and in Chicago. He began his work as a stage...
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  • Yonkers Raceway in 1950, because of wartime gas rationing. The Du Quoin State Fair in Du Quoin, Illinois gained the rights to host the race in 1957 and held...
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  • Didamar Lighthouse (also known as Quoin Island Lighthouse) is the northernmost lighthouse in Oman, located on Little Quoin Island in the As Salamah Archipelago...
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    emphasised), dít ('that', emphasised) î /əː/ wîe (plural of wig; 'wedges' or 'quoins') ï /i/, /ə/ Found in words such as beïnvloed ('to influence'). The diaeresis...
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  • DQN could refer to: Du Quoin station, Amtrak station code DQN Station code for Dhanera station, Gujarat, India - see List of railway stations in India...
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  • Horn-Offenhauser American Automobile Association National Championship DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Duquoin 100 Mile Race Race Equipment failure  Bill Horstmeyer (USA)...
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