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- proper noun A
diminutive ofBertram ,Albert or of any malegiven names ending in -bert.
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Examples
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It was not until several days later that he became interested in Bertie, when that young adventurer insisted on showing him an automatic 44-caliber pistol.
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Bertie is fed horror stories about how white men are kai-kai'd on Guadalcanar; he is given to understand that the cook on board his ship is stewing human flesh on the galley fire; he learns of the value of white men's heads; and at Reminge Plantation on Guadalcanar is fooled into believing he had been poisoned by native substances, incurable except by drinking large amounts of gin.
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VA; (2) origins not known, had child mid 1700s in Bertie Co.,
INVESTIGATION OF SURNAMES IN MY DIRECT ANCESTRY Maggie Jochild 2004
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VA; (2) origins not known, had child mid 1700s in Bertie Co.,
Archive 2004-08-15 Maggie Jochild 2004
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While they were talking there came a knock at the door, and when it was opened, there stood Bertie from the livery stable, with a long green-wrapped box in his hand, which he gave to Mrs. Watson, volunteering without delay, all the information he had regarding it.
Purple Springs 1921
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It was not until several days later that he became interested in Bertie, when that young adventurer insisted on showing him an automatic 44-caliber pistol.
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Picpon (then in his gamin stage) had been enrolled in the Chasseurs at the same time with the "ci-devant," as they called Bertie, and, following his gamin nature, had exhausted all his resources of impudence, maliciousness, and power of tormenting, on the
Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873
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The Duke of York --- like Logue, we'll take the liberty of calling him "Bertie" --- became a patient in 1926, not in the mid-'30s, when he was about to be king.
Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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The Duke of York --- like Logue, we'll take the liberty of calling him "Bertie" --- became a patient in 1926, not in the mid-'30s, when he was about to be king.
Jesse Kornbluth: A Book About 'The King's Speech' Is An Eloquent Addition To The Film Jesse Kornbluth 2011
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As the second son of King George V Michael Gambon, George, the Duke of York - known to his family as "Bertie" - is not expected to ascend to the throne, but when his brother Edward
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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