Definitions
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- proper noun A female
given name occasionally borrowed from German.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Just like you loved Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Jack: Hedwig is punk.
Were the World Mine Hal Duncan 2009
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Just like you loved Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Jack: Hedwig is punk.
Archive 2009-07-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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It's Miriam Shor, who was in Hedwig and the Angry Inch!
"Thank you for your childhood." tragic_elegance 2008
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Hedwig is an amazing film on its own and the people that attend these screenings just want to climb into the movie experience as much as possible.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2003
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I have said no a lot since 'Hedwig' - actually more directing-wise than writing-wise - because I was old enough to know that I don't want to spend years on something that I didn't love, and this was the first thing that made me want to drop everything and do it.
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He leaned over his trunk, laid the robes on the bottom of it and pretended to be rummaging for something while Hermione crossed to the wardrobe and called Hedwig down.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003
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He had decided to call her Hedwig, a name he had found in A History of Magic.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Rowling, J. K. 1997
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"Hedwig," said Tell one morning, some days after the meeting mentioned above, "I am going into Altorf to see your father."
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"Hedwig" is John Cameron Mitchell's sex-changed East German glam-rocker, who comes to America for freedom, fortune and love.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local jmoore@denverpost.com ( 2010
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Moore: Nick Sugar will return to stage with "Hedwig" at the Avenue Theater
bilby commented on the word Hedwig
head wig
December 14, 2009
jennarenn commented on the word Hedwig
*facepalm*
December 14, 2009
rolig commented on the word Hedwig
Yes, milord! What a fine-looking judicial owl. Thanks, Bilby, for brightening my day (and not for the first time)!
December 23, 2009
reesetee commented on the word Hedwig
Ha! Excellent. Gives a whole new meaning to "Snowy Owl."
December 25, 2009