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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Marvin.

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Examples

  • I have new respect for LaSalle both for having the cojones to give Rambo a positive review, and for recognizing that the central message trumpeted by pulpy paramilitary heroes from Mike Hammer to Mack Bolan to John McClane to Marv is that life sucks, and combat redeems you.

    Mick LaSalle on John Rambo « Skid Roche 2008

  • I have new respect for LaSalle both for having the cojones to give Rambo a positive review, and for recognizing that the central message trumpeted by pulpy paramilitary heroes from Mike Hammer to Mack Bolan to John McClane to Marv is that life sucks, and combat redeems you.

    Mick LaSalle on John Rambo « Skid Roche 2008

  • January 3rd, 2008 at 12: 25 pm affleckwasthebomb says: totally like alba, How am I supposed to believe Marv is in some stinking dive of a bar where the scum of the earth drink, when the strippers don’t strip.

    LINDSAY LOHAN GETS A BUM RAP 2008

  • Heavily influenced by film-noir, the main storylines concern a hulking brute called Marv (Mickey Rourke), who is seeking the murderer of a beautiful woman who was killed while asleep in bed with him; an ex-photographer called Dwight (Clive Owen) who accidentally kills a hero cop and has to cover it up; and a soon-to-be-retiring policeman called Hartigan (Bruce Willis) who is incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.

    worlds in a grain of sand Andrew 2005

  • Heavily influenced by film-noir, the main storylines concern a hulking brute called Marv (Mickey Rourke), who is seeking the murderer of a beautiful woman who was killed while asleep in bed with him; an ex-photographer called Dwight (Clive Owen) who accidentally kills a hero cop and has to cover it up; and a soon-to-be-retiring policeman called Hartigan (Bruce Willis) who is incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit.

    Archive 2005-01-01 Andrew 2005

  • Chambers USA calls Marv "a lion of the commercial bar," citing his "vast litigation experience and expertise in areas such as securities and insurance, as well as at the appellate stage."

    Business Wire Travel News 2010

  • Korean War Veterans interested in making the trip can call Marv Myers at

    KLTV - Local and National News 2010

  • After you've produced TV coverage of the Super Bowl and Olympics, overseen the debuts of TV shows like Friends and Law and Order, hired sportscasters such as Marv Albert and Bob Costas, decided to put Dennis Miller on Monday Night Football and make Conan O'Brien a late-night TV comic and air an NFL game (in 1980) with no announcers, what's next?

    ESPN.com's new ombudsman Ohlmeyer knows networking 2009

  • Weezer + "Marv" from Home Alone + Kristen Wiig = will watch sakari

    Whip It Movie Trailer | /Film 2009

  • At a recent Fox Searchlight party, MTV News' Kurt Loder caught up with actor Mickey Rourke, who played "Marv" in the original film, and asked him about his work on Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" and what he'd heard about "Sin City 2."

    Mickey Rourke Says Frank Miller Is Ready — ‘And I’m Ready, Too’ — For ‘Sin City 2’ 2008

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