Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, having a collar of bells: as, a cow clariné azure (that is, having a collar of bells in blue).
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Examples
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“Looks like you lost a pound or two,” Aunt Clarine says to Aunt Shirley, hoping to start an argument.
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“Put that cigarette out in my house,” Aunt Shirley says as Clarine lights up a Marlboro Light.
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For those who cannot see Aunt Clarine, they can definitely hear her screaming.
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“Be quiet,” Momma says to Aunt Clarine loud enough for half the people in the room to hear.
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“Oh, Clarine came to visit yesterday and she told me.”
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Aunt Clarine says as she walks away from me and Valerie.
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“You do have someplace to go, sister, but the drugs and Clarine have to stay out of my house.”
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Phoebe Martin was a thirty-three-year-old widow, and Clarine Eldridge, just fourteen, was scarcely older than the children she had been hired to watch.
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Aunt Clarine has on the tightest dress she owns, with yellow shoes and a yellow bag.
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So Aunt Clarine is free to roam around and make a complete fool of herself.
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