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- proper noun Scotland A
diminutive of the malegiven name Stephen .
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Examples
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One bay, or chapel, is nearly filled by the monument of James I. 's favourite "Steenie" -- George
Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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How little the solemnity of the Spanish nobles pleased English courtiers used to the boisterous ways of James I. and his "Steenie," may be gathered from _The Perambulation of Spain.
English Travellers of the Renaissance Clare Howard
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Having resolved to found a charity which should provide both for young and old, Sutton, who had ample reason fully to appreciate the unprincipled and grasping character of the court, proceeded to take every precaution that sagacity and ingenuity could suggest to keep his money secure from the hands of such harpies as Carr and "Steenie," and hedge it round with every bulwark possible.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 Various
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Indeed, before the heavier work of 'Steenie's hoosie' was over, the two had to beg the help of more -- of their father, and of men from the farm.
Heather and Snow George MacDonald 1864
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The first (1592-1628) was the favorite of James I., nicknamed "Steenie" by that monarch from his personal beauty, "Steenie" being a pet corruption of Stephen, whose face at martyrdom was "as the face of an angel."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853
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Buckingham, Duke of, the "Steenie" of James I., ii.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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A sudden thought crossed her -- it might be "Steenie," even at this untimely hour, plying his accustomed vocation.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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Her next object was to find out "Steenie," and to elicit from him the knowledge of the stranger's fate; for unless this mischievous personage had in some wild erratic freak or another conveyed him off, she could not tell what mishap could have befallen him.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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Steenie, ‘and tell them all I have seen last night, whilk are things fitter for them to judge of than a borrel man like me.’
Redgauntlet 2008
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‘Then ye maun eat and drink, Steenie,’ said the figure;
Redgauntlet 2008
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