Definitions

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  • proper noun A female given name.

Etymologies

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From the word colleen, Irish cailín ("girl"), not used as a name in Ireland. Colleen can also be interpreted as a variant of Coleen, the former spelling being a product of marketing by the Hollywood film industry (to promote a new starlet in the 1920's).

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Examples

  • Colleen is quite a bit taller and hers is an important part of cooking.

    recommended stuff 2010

  • Colleen is thrilled with hers and hasstarted a blog that focuses on issues of people who don't fit the world of stuff.

    design 2010

  • Colleen is well over 6'7 in any kind of shoes and this lets her have excellent posture in the kitchen.

    Food and Drink 2010

  • Colleen is well over 6'7 in any kind of shoes and this lets her have excellent posture in the kitchen.

    recommended stuff 2010

  • Colleen is full of ideas and other colleenified products will follow.

    design 2010

  • Colleen is quite a bit taller and hers is an important part of cooking.

    Food and Drink 2010

  • Colleen is thrilled with hers and hasstarted a blog that focuses on issues of people who don't fit the world of stuff.

    colleenifying the world 2010

  • Colleen is full of ideas and other colleenified products will follow.

    colleenifying the world 2010

  • Colleen is seriously taller than the ninety five percent male and too many things just don't fit.

    colleen-i-fication and progress on high design 2009

  • Colleen is seriously taller than the ninety five percent male and too many things just don't fit.

    design 2010

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