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- proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Would you?" he said, recalling Amabel's face with bitter aversion as he gazed into the womanly countenance he had hitherto slighted as uninteresting.
Agatha Webb Anna Katharine Green 1890
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It proposes to peel back its potato fields to mine more than 2,300 acres 937 hectares of a high quality limestone called Amabel dolostone.
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But when, in an altered voice, he said: "Amabel;" she looked at him.
Amabel Channice Anne Douglas Sedgwick 1904
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In "Amabel" the ruinous passage of years, which has continued to be an obsession with Mr. Hardy, is already crudely dealt with.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Edmund Gosse 1888
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Her real name, "Amabel", was not half as charming and whimsical in its appropriateness.
The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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"Amabel," he said, "I have received certain intelligence that the Earl of Rochester will make another attempt to enter the house, and carry you off to-night."
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"Amabel," said her father, "you know not what I shall endure in thus parting with you.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"Amabel," said Leonard, advancing towards her, and taking her hand, "I can scarcely credit what I hear.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"Amabel," observed the grocer, "as your father -- as your wellwisher -- I should desire to see you wedded to Leonard.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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"Amabel," said Leonard in a low tone to her, "you hear what is said.
Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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