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- proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the doctor had gone and Marie had retired, Gertrude's aunt talked to her seriously about her father, whose almost frantic condition over what he called Gertrude's infatuation was alarming.
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Despite all this, the two "Enfances" nevertheless appeared together, on facing pages in Sherry Mangan's quarterly Pagany, Winter 1931, under the title Gertrude herself must have devised: "Enfances ” Georges Hugnet" and "Poem Pritten on Pfances of George Hugnet ” Gertrude Stein."
Visiting Gertrude and Alice Grosser, Maurice 1986
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Only dimly understanding that someone called Gertrude Stein had influence over his distinctive style, they -- we, I -- wanted to write those simple declarative sentences as effortlessly and as sparingly as he did.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Ernest Hemingway Writes Good Letters Home and Elsewhere, 1907-22 David Finkle 2012
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Only dimly understanding that someone called Gertrude Stein had influence over his distinctive style, they -- we, I -- wanted to write those simple declarative sentences as effortlessly and as sparingly as he did.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Ernest Hemingway Writes Good Letters Home and Elsewhere, 1907-22 David Finkle 2012
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Only dimly understanding that someone called Gertrude Stein had influence over his distinctive style, they -- we, I -- wanted to write those simple declarative sentences as effortlessly and as sparingly as he did.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Ernest Hemingway Writes Good Letters Home and Elsewhere, 1907-22 David Finkle 2012
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Only dimly understanding that someone called Gertrude Stein had influence over his distinctive style, they -- we, I -- wanted to write those simple declarative sentences as effortlessly and as sparingly as he did.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Ernest Hemingway Writes Good Letters Home and Elsewhere, 1907-22 David Finkle 2012
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No news yet but I thought I may be able to stagger over to IMAX from work Xmas drinks in Gertrude Street …
Cheeseburger Gothic » Strictly no faffing. This is serious. 2009
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As he watched her hand, polished as a bit of old ivory, with its slender pink nails, and the sapphire bracelet slipping over her wrist, he was struck with the irony of suggesting to her such a life as his cousin Gertrude Farish had chosen.
Lemon Cake (Novel Food: Winter 2007 Edition) « Baking History 2007
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As he watched her hand, polished as a bit of old ivory, with its slender pink nails, and the sapphire bracelet slipping over her wrist, he was struck with the irony of suggesting to her such a life as his cousin Gertrude Farish had chosen.
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[Link] Update (Sept. 30, 2006): A descendant of the Wilders has been found, and Gertrude is staying put.
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