Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The bullfinch.

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  • proper noun An English habitational surname
  • proper noun A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • proper noun A female given name transferred from the surname. Popular from the 1920s to the 1950s.
  • adverb informal, humorous surely

Etymologies

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English place name form Old English scīr ("county") + lēah ("meadow").

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Examples

  • SHIRLEY -- A 19-year-old Shirley man who suffered stab and gunshot wounds during a Saturday night incident in Shirley that also left a 19-year-old Groton woman dead has been described as a person of interest in the investigation.

    Sentinel & Enterprise Most Viewed 2010

  • She takes exception to the portion of the post in which I refer to the Shirley Sherrod video as "doctored."

    Crooks and Liars karoli 2011

  • Jane Eyre (Ch. 12) "Shirley" is a powerful indictment of the position of women in nineteenth-century England.

    The Better Part 2008

  • Given the current of nostalgia that helps old TV shows get reinvented as modern feature films, Laverne & Shirley is perfect fodder.

    Jamie Foxx Writing Laverne & Shirley Feature; Jessica Biel and Jennifer Garner Still Attached to Star | /Film 2010

  • But Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick have you seen what Shirley is up to lately?

    Archive 2009-06-01 Zenmomma 2009

  • But Shirley is equally certain that Cristal was good for Nowitzki.

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • But Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick have you seen what Shirley is up to lately?

    Lather, rinse, repeat Zenmomma 2009

  • I'm afraid that Crystal's mom, Shirley is just as much

    Heroes or Villains? 2010

  • Shirley is a great book to make us understand the severe limitations imposed to women at the time.

    The Better Part 2008

  • There's no reason why SNP should tactically vote as they have a strong challenger in Shirley Anne Somerville who I believe has been helping to campaign for a long while now.

    Edinburgh Region Jeff 2007

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