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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Barbara with suffix-s (-sy).
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Examples
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And if she is Batgirl again, am I the only one seeing something inherently wrong in Babs being BatGIRL, while some other person is going around as BatWOMAN?
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Instinctively you may want to get the hose out when watching some of these largely unwashed Brooklyn hipster types bust out some moves while they search for their last remaining vein, but keep your rapidly closing eyes open because it's officially Worth It. This paean to Saint Babs is catchy, idiotic and thus quite wonderful.
This week's new singles Priya Elan 2010
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Babs is going to have to choose whether to heal the girl or heal herself.
Your Mileage May Vary | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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My favorite funny part was when Brenda and her team were hightailing out of the garage and she yelled, “And somebody call Babs!”
'The Closer' recap: A breathtaking season finale! | EW.com 2008
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In "Hygiene," a retired military man going on his regimental dinner trip without his wife-and looking forward to his yearly meeting with a prostitute he knows as Babs-glances at the flask of coffee and candy his wife packed for him and wonders, "Were you as young as you felt, or as old as you looked?"
Not About Old Age, Exactly, But How Aging Is Experienced 2004
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Prayers lasted 10 or 15 minutes; neither Mother nor my sister, Abby, whom we called Babs, attended.
To Be a Rockefeller Rockefeller, David 2002
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Prayers lasted 10 or 15 minutes; neither Mother nor my sister, Abby, whom we called Babs, attended.
To Be a Rockefeller Rockefeller, David 2002
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The boat will take him and that girl you call Babs, to the giant's island.
Beyond the Vanishing Point Ray Cummings 1922
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Keep in mind Babs is a wicked woman and her ploy of a campaign will be to raise Fiorina’s negatives
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Presently Cochrane called Babs and Alicia and had them witness a tentative agreement, which had to be ratified by a board of directors of
Operation: Outer Space Murray Leinster 1935
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