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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven names Frances andFrancine .
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Examples
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The term Francie used was a colloquialism generally associated with levity, but her face, as she spoke, was none the less deeply seriou -- serious even to pain.
The Reverberator Henry James 1879
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The dearest book of my childhood, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, includes Francie's first period, but again, the novel's no upper: shortly after first blood Francie is assaulted by a pervert in a tenement hallway.
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The dearest book of my childhood, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, includes Francie's first period, but again, the novel's no upper: shortly after first blood Francie is assaulted by a pervert in a tenement hallway.
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Now your little girlie girl can be active and do all the cartwheels and climbing she wants with out worrying about showing their underwear (hence the name Francie Pants, after the song, "I see London, I see France, I see your underpants!").
Blogtimore, Hon 2009
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Durant said Francis Wood -- whom she called "Francie" -- returned to her native Middletown from Texas last year to be closer to her family.
unknown title 2009
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Durant said Francis Wood - whom she called "Francie" - returned to her native Middletown from Texas last year to be closer to her family.
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Durant said Francis Wood - whom she called "Francie" - returned to her native Middletown from Texas last year to be closer to her family.
Local News 2009
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Francis Wood - known by some as "Francie" - returned to her native Middletown from Texas last year to be closer to her family, said Durant, the preschool director.
FOXNews.com 2009
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Durant said Francis Wood - whom she called "Francie" - returned to her native Middletown from Texas last year to be closer to her family.
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Francis Wood - known by some as "Francie" - returned to her native Middletown from Texas last year to be closer to her family, said Durant, the preschool director.
unknown title 2009
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