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- proper noun A
diminutive of the female given namesEmily andEmma . Variant spelling:Emmy .
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Examples
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There is also much that is new, such as Emmie Schrader Adams's experiences in Africa prior to her involvement in the Mississippi movement and Theresa Del Pozzo's subsequent involvement with the interracial jazz world.
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"Emmie," says he, "if you say 'No,' when I ask you to have me, I sha'n't ask you again."
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various
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"Emmie," says Stephen, as we were coming back, and he'd got hold of my hand in his, where I'd taken his arm, "what do you think of Aunt Mimy now?"
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Various
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Virtually, sub rosa in 1968, "Emmie" was Pop's first lesbian love song.
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Friends and family of Emogene "Emmie" Richardson are invited to help her celebrate her 90th birthday during an open house Saturday.
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Friends and family of Emogene "Emmie" Richardson are invited to help her celebrate her 90th birthday during an open house Saturday.
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"Emmie," he said as he got out of the buckboard, laying his arm across her shoulder, "Emmie, I guess we'll take up with Joe's offer.
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West Frank Norris 1886
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In one of those cases, Emmie Nichols , 26 years old, was arrested in June at her mother's house after lawyers for Capital One Financial Corp. won an arrest warrant against her for skipping a court hearing about $1,159.87 she owed on a credit card from the company.
Welcome to Debtors' Prison, 2011 Edition Jessica Silver-Greenberg 2011
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Some bystanders like 29-year-old Emmie Hama were impressed.
Tokyo Protests Blast China's Response to Collision Yoree Koh 2010
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When Emmie goes out in the snowstorm, and ends up at the abandoned tunnel, this is the way she walked.
"Confessions of sleep, the awakening seed." greygirlbeast 2010
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