midcontinent
adjEtymology From mid- + continent.
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In or near the middle of a continent.
- Union trainmen stopped traffic on six midcontinent railroads with an unheralded strike yesterday, but some railroads said they expected to resume service by early today.1964 June 16, “Surprise Strike Stops Traffic On 6 Railroads”, in The Indianapolis Star, volume 62, number 11, Indianapolis, Ind., page 3: