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- proper noun A
diminutive of the femalegiven name Ann orAnne .
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Examples
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He unfurls a black and white awning with the name Nanny Goat Hill emblazoned across it and yanks it over the orange awning that says Crossroads Cafe.
NYT > Home Page By ANN FARMER 2011
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Although she does obviously have a biggger role in Nanny Mcphee ... but I am going to miss seeing her as Prof. Trelawny ...
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Thompson Chooses ‘Nanny McPhee’ Sequel Over Harry Potter » MTV Movies Blog 2008
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A soon-to-be-launched plug-in microphone called The Nanny can be activated by SMS so users can listen to what's going on nearby.
Finder's Fee 2007
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Since his election to succeed Rudy Giuliani in New York in 2001, Bloomberg has become known as the Nanny Mayor.
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Describing the hiring process in Victorian England, he reports that so many women were eager for such work that finding a nanny was simple: "When everyone you knew had one, or generally more than one, you obtained your Nanny from a friend or relation who no longer had need of her."
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Describing the hiring process in Victorian England, he reports that so many women were eager for such work that finding a nanny was simple: "When everyone you knew had one, or generally more than one, you obtained your Nanny from a friend or relation who no longer had need of her."
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Let me see: Katy, Nanny — I left Lessie out; we called her Nanny — Katy, Louise, Nanny, Louise and Beulah.
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And when I saw that it was the nursery door that was open, and that Kitty was sitting in Nanny's big chair by the window, I did not care about the peaked face she lifted, its fairness palely gilt by the March sunlight, or the tremendous implications of the fact that
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Nanny is hopeful, and comfortable; but the other – Mr. Rhys came away very much agitated.
The Old Helmet 1864
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She said Mrs Kolar, 58, helped at a local school, where she was known as Nanny Cal.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Victoria Ward 2012
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