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  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given names Henrietta, Hester and Esther.

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Examples

  • Hetty was too cold, and tired, and hurt to speak again, and Mark was too much annoyed at his own carelessness, and what he called Hetty's stupidity, to be able to thank her, and offer to make friends with her.

    Hetty Gray Nobody's Bairn Rosa Mulholland 1881

  • I could not sleep hall night, and to-day I called Hetty there, over, and she said as she'd do her werry best to bring either the old master yere, or you miss, and you see you are come; 'tis an awful thing to die without parding, that's why

    How It All Came Round L. T. Meade 1884

  • Mrs. Plumfield, coming back from the old lady and speaking rather low; – "now that Hetty is here, can't your mother spare you?"

    Queechy 1854

  • In his imagination he saw long years of his future life stretching before him, blest with the right to call Hetty his own: he could be content with very little at present.

    Adam Bede 2004

  • Rudy ran over woods and fields, up and down the neighboring hills, calling Hetty and Champion, whistling and shouting, until he was hoarse.

    Harper's Young People, March 16, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • Then he buried his face in his hands, and sat motionless for a long time: he was trying to recall Hetty's last looks, last words.

    Hetty's Strange History Anonymous

  • With half an eye one could see that he did not relish the idea of Hetty posing for days to the handsome, agreeable painter.

    The Hollow of Her Hand George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • "Her name is Henrietta, but I generally call her Hetty," said the traveller.

    The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast Maturin Murray Ballou 1857

  • The person I took the most notice of that night was a French Black called Hetty, whom my master took in privateering from another vessel, and made his slave.

    The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave. Related by Herself. With a Supplement by the Editor. To Which Is Added, the Narrative of Asa-Asa, a Captured African. Mary Prince 1831

  • "I am called Hetty, though when they spell the name in the bible, they always spell it Esther."

    The Deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper 1820

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