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lower forty-eight

the forty-eight conterminous states of the United States: a term used mainly by Alaskans
usually written lower 48

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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