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- proper noun A
diminutive ofElizabeth , also used as a formal femalegiven name . - proper noun Bessie, a lake monster supposed to exist in Lake Erie in the United States.
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Examples
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She became my responsibility and I called her Bessie!
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Katie had never before heard her mother called Bessie, and had never seen anything approaching in size or colour to such a nose, consequently she ran away frightened.
The Three Clerks 2004
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She went out, to return in a few moments with a girl whom she called Bessie, explaining to her my need of proper clothes for the house.
Madeleine An Autobiography Anonymous 1919
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There was a determined note in Bessie's voice that she had never heard there before.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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There were tears in Bessie's eyes as she said good-bye.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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Everyone was delighted, Eleanor Mercer most of all, because she had had real faith in Bessie, and it was a triumph for her to know that her faith had not been misplaced.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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He had liked Bessie from the start and now he adored her.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire 1914
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It was but mild fun to play theatre in Bessie Finklestein's back yard, even if I had leading parts, which I made impressive by recitations in Russian, no word of which was intelligible to my audience.
The Promised Land 1912
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The tears welled up in Bessie's brown eyes, and her lips were trembling.
Part I 1902
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There was tenderness and pity in the tone of his voice as he said the name Bessie, and the sick girl looked at him curiously, as if struggling to recall something in the far past; then a smile broke over her face and the lip quivered a little as she replied:
Bessie's Fortune A Novel Mary Jane Holmes 1866
hernesheir commented on the word Bessie
The name of the cow in the work of fiction Bridge to Terabithia.
February 17, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word Bessie
Oh, that's a bit iroquoisy--I had just added The Dun Cow from The Book of the Dun Cow, which also has a flood in it. I note this only because I had a dream about large waves in frazil-ice floodwaters last night.
Edit: Iroquoisy also because my landlords have a rooster in my backyard right now, which is what I was thinking about when yarb and hernesheir were talking about phelloid this morning.
February 17, 2011
reesetee commented on the word Bessie
Ruzuzu, you have the most interesting iroquoisy events ever.
February 18, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word Bessie
Ah--you caught me. Over on conference breakfast I mentioned I was trying to reserve that word for times when things are double-iroquoisy or lead back to Kateri Tekakwitha.
February 18, 2011
reesetee commented on the word Bessie
Well, you did say "a bit."
February 18, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word Bessie
Thank you for noticing that--I was actually trying to make a chart to see whether there was some way to connect the rooster in The Book of the Dun Cow to Kateri Tekakwitha, but it just came out looking something like this:
Phase 1: Rooster
Phase 2: ?
Phase 3: Prophet.
February 18, 2011
reesetee commented on the word Bessie
It's a start....
February 18, 2011