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Examples
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If you tell your mother about your Christmas memory of getting a new purple bicycle from Uncle Barnett, she will tell you that it was actually Aunt Minnie, and it was a red Go Kart.
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If you tell your mother about your Christmas memory of getting a new purple bicycle from Uncle Barnett, she will tell you that it was actually Aunt Minnie, and it was a red Go Kart.
Lore Sj 2008
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When Aunt Minnie lets him out into the room, he hops close by the baby; and baby laughs, and stretches out his dimpled hands to catch him; but he is wise enough to keep out of baby's way.
The Nursery, November 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 5 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Various
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On the other hand, a Rhine card caller might not be able to give you a message from your dear departed Aunt Minnie if his life depended upon it -- yet it could easily be the same force working in both instances.
Sense from Thought Divide Mark Clifton 1934
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The author tags along with his chain-smoking kleptomaniac Aunt Minnie, who stuffs mountains of stolen goods under a cheap fur coat.
NYT > Home Page By DWIGHT GARNER 2012
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He'd ride a mule, wade cricks, and crank up old Betsy to make sure you got the letter from Aunt Minnie, but times have changed.
unknown title 2009
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He'd ride a mule, wade cricks, and crank up old Betsy to make sure you got the letter from Aunt Minnie, but times have changed.
unknown title 2009
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Like most of the rest of us, Aunt Minnie is ignorant not only of the origin of the phrase but of its real meaning as well.
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William Bancroft Mellor New York, New York Aunt Minnie's Chicken Talk It is reasonably certain that my Aunt Minnie never saw a cock-fight in her life, and it can be stated with equal certainty that she is completely unaware that about
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Less easily recognized by Aunt Minnie and others unfamiliar with the parlance of the pit are the origins of such expressions as coming up to scratch ` to measure up to a standard, 'and the slang expression, in the bag, both of which, however, are in everyday use.
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