Tuesday, July 30, 2013

riparian -- Little Brother Matt, Kristin, Hayden, Lucie and Gretchen

ri·par·i·an  (r-pâr-n)
adj.
Of, on, or relating to the banks of a natural course of water.

[From Latin rprius, from rpabank.]

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Little Brother Matt, Kristin, Hayden, Lucie and Gretchen live in a riparian town, so when there's a deluge, water courses from its normal shores onto the city's streets, and they canoe. 

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