Definitions
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- proper noun A female
given name in quiet use since the 18th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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She herself had authorized and edited a short biography, The Exile’s Daughter, written by her sister and published in 1944 under the name Cornelia Spencer as part of an attempt to launch Grace as a writer.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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She herself had authorized and edited a short biography, The Exile’s Daughter, written by her sister and published in 1944 under the name Cornelia Spencer as part of an attempt to launch Grace as a writer.
PEARL BUCK IN CHINA Hilary Spurling 2010
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Oh lovely payback, Cornelia is nominated for the Edgar and ITW
BLURB-GONE-IT 2007
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Oh lovely payback, Cornelia is nominated for the Edgar and ITW
April 2007 2007
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I hope Fred announces soon, or I might be writing in Cornelia Johnson again.
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Cornelia is wonderful to work with; any comments she makes on the translation are pure gold.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » INTERVIEW: Anthea Bell, Part 1 2006
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Though she has every (material) thing she could need, Cornelia is lonely.
slayground: Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume Little Willow 2006
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For example, in Cornelia, the myth of the beauty contest among Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera is played out by the Somerset sisters.
slayground: Interview: Lesley M.M. Blume Little Willow 2006
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I know where there's a pot of goose-grease in Cornelia's tidy pantry and it beats all the fancy cold creams in the world.
Rilla of Ingleside Lucy Maud 1921
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Hudson-street, the affray having taken place in Cornelia-street, where he lived.
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