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- proper noun A pet form of the female
given name Maud orMaude .
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Examples
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I did not call Maudie the first week or ten days after Pat left; I didn't feel easy about her.
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"Maudie" doesn't show up until the second part, but the set-up and lead-in need to be seen for the proper introduction.....
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A convulsive restlessness again seized upon the psychic, and "Maudie" asked us to sing.
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"Maudie" then requested that the pieces of cone be put together and placed on the floor beside the table.
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At this moment the psychic again began to twist and turn as if in pain, and at last the little voice of "Maudie" anxiously asked: "_Is Mr. Garland going to take a train at seven o'clock? _"
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A hammering was then carried on as if within the cone, and "Maudie" spoke, telling us to go down and get supper, as before.
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After some moments of waiting, "Maudie" said: "Mr. Mitchell says take the table away and put the cone in its place."
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"Maudie" then asked us to take up the larger half of the cone and unite it with the smaller part, and lay the entire cone flat across the table.
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Again "Maudie" spoke, asking us to restore the table and cone to their former positions.
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I don't suppose Mrs. Smiley realizes that 'Maudie' would be called by a doubter a falsetto disguise of her own voice, and 'Wilbur' a shrewd and humorous personification of her subconscious self; or, if she does, she probably ascribes it to the process of materialization which 'takes from' the medium.
alexz commented on the word Maudie
A nickname for a Maud Lewis painting
May 21, 2017