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- proper noun A female
given name , variant ofTeresa .
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Examples
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What a true friend you have in Tessa-help, flowers and a reminder of the day for your re-newed space!!!
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My friend Tessa is offering cooking and/or water color classes from her farm in Provence.
French Word-A-Day: 2010
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Tessa is haunted by the idea that she failed Mary, somehow, by not seeing her or understanding her well enough, and ultimately I think she just has to understand that you can love someone and not be able to save them.
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Tessa is more inspired by Lillian Leitzel than based on her.
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Celia says at one point, “… Tessa is a staircase of emotion, one minute up, the next minute down.”
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Lynne Griffin, part 1 2009
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My friend Tessa is offering cooking and/or water color classes from her farm in Provence.
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Q: I admire the deft way you handled the juxtaposition of two very different family tales, especially because the main characters — Tessa and Celia — are poles apart; Tessa is loose and carefree, while Celia is a tightly buttoned woman.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Interview with Lynne Griffin, part 1 2009
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Tessa is the practical, steady member of the Lynch family.
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Christina fears and hates homosexuals, and Tessa is a lesbian who hates straight people.
Archive 2007-06-01 uncorrectedproofs 2007
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Now, since Tessa is my friend and I can pepper her with questions whenever I feel like it * g*, I did a mini-interview with here.
Archive 2007-04-01 Nalini Singh 2007
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