Definitions
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- proper noun A female
given name from Welsh legend specifically The Mabinogion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is already established that she crept back to Vetch and sought speech with a maidservant by the name of Olwen, and slyly asked after Master Northcote …
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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It is already established that she crept back to Vetch and sought speech with a maidservant by the name of Olwen, and slyly asked after Master Northcote …
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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It is already established that she crept back to Vetch and sought speech with a maidservant by the name of Olwen, and slyly asked after Master Northcote …
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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It is already established that she crept back to Vetch and sought speech with a maidservant by the name of Olwen, and slyly asked after Master Northcote …
To Ruin a Queen FIONA BUCKLEY 2000
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Unfortunately, a search for women called Olwen marrying in 1949-53 turns up 1,240 results, at which point even I give up.
Geoffrey Mark Steve 2010
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'Olwen' and 'Iolo Gwyn Ford,' which fixed themselves on my memory by their mere beauty.
Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose Grant Allen 1873
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We have a number of artworks up on the walls: an Alan Lee print of Olwen daughter of Ysbaddaden, a quilt square, a pair of masks, a watercolor of birches in fog, an old poster from Williams College advertising a debate.
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"It's the list Tom used when writing 'Schindler's Ark' and that really brought Schindler's actions to the attention of the world," said State Library of New South Wales co-curator Olwen Pryke, referring to the book's author, Thomas Keneally.
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Handsome, naïve Stuart Font is conducting an unsatisfactory relationship with married Claudia, but is increasingly preoccupied with Tigerlily, the mysterious beauty who lives in the permanently darkened house across the way; Wally the caretaker hangs about the local school playground and downloads kiddie porn; 60-year-old Olwen is doggedly drinking herself to death; Molly the impecunious student is obsessed with Stuart and steals Olwen's money ...
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These Apple Pancakes from Olwen Woodier's Apple Cookbook jumped out at me right away as the perfect indulgent treat for a lazy Sunday morning.
Archive 2008-10-01 Laura 2008
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