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  • proper noun A surname.

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Examples

  • The violent and ongoing abuse of Colin Duffy is the tip of the iceberg of harassment of nationalists by the Crown forces.

    BBC investigative journalism Not a sheep 2009

  • A little more Googling and I found a pen portrait of Colin Duffy on Slugger O'Toole: THE Beeb and PA are reporting that Colin Duffy is one of the three people being questioned about the shootings of two soldiers last weekend.

    BBC investigative journalism Not a sheep 2009

  • It may be that Colin Duffy is as innocent of this murder as he was in 1997 and that he is the victim of a Unionist plot, or it could be that he is guilty - I Simply don't know.

    BBC investigative journalism Not a sheep 2009

  • Colin Duffy is a member of the republican protest group Eirigi, which has not supported the new police service, but which insists it is a peaceful pressure group.

    BBC investigative journalism Not a sheep 2009

  • Colin Duffy is a former IRA member who has been critical of Sinn Fein's support for the police service.

    BBC investigative journalism Not a sheep 2009

  • Gomez refrained from pointing out that there was nothing stupid about “Sonnie,” the nickname Duffy had had for her, but she really didn’t wish to go there.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Gomez refrained from pointing out that there was nothing stupid about “Sonnie,” the nickname Duffy had had for her, but she really didn’t wish to go there.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Gomez refrained from pointing out that there was nothing stupid about “Sonnie,” the nickname Duffy had had for her, but she really didn’t wish to go there.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Gomez refrained from pointing out that there was nothing stupid about “Sonnie,” the nickname Duffy had had for her, but she really didn’t wish to go there.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

  • Gomez refrained from pointing out that there was nothing stupid about “Sonnie,” the nickname Duffy had had for her, but she really didn’t wish to go there.

    Creative Couplings John S. Drew 2005

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