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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Elizabeth
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Examples
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Your Bess is the lady, full of natural refinement, grace, and beauty.
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Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is deemed by many as the "Great American Opera" -- why do you think this work has made such an impact on our culture?
'Porgy and Bess': The "Great American Opera" Gapers Block 2010
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Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is deemed by many as the "Great American Opera" -- why do you think this work has made such an impact on our culture?
'Porgy and Bess': The "Great American Opera" The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Unsettled by this, Bess is about to take her leave when sudden tragedy envelops her.
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While Bess is sure-handed as the punt returner and usually makes the first man miss, he only averaged 7.5 yards per return with a long of 22 and doesn't have the speed to return kickoffs.
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Gershwin's Porgy and Bess is deemed by many as the "Great American Opera" -- why do you think this work has made such an impact on our culture?
'Porgy and Bess': The "Great American Opera" Gapers Block 2010
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There are a few adjustments still needed to the WVO system, and sweet Bess is showing her years in the Minnesota winters by demurely requesting some unrelated repairs.
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Porgy and Bess is a buncha good songs but has nothing to do with race relations, which is the flag of convenience under which it sailed.
David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’ « Isegoria 2008
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My sister and I made the rounds with neighborhood Chinese restaurants, and Bess is loaded with a full tank of clean oil and another tank of oil on standby for dewatering and filtering.
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You can bet a lot of people's Aunt Bess is peeing in the water around Cancun, and especially the beer drinkers.
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