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- noun Plural form of
Wren .
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The women - members of the Women's Royal Naval Service and known as "WRNs" or "Wrens" - signed up for duty without having any idea of what they would actually be doing or where they would be doing it.
The Women of Bletchly Park Peggy 2008
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The women - members of the Women's Royal Naval Service and known as "WRNs" or "Wrens" - signed up for duty without having any idea of what they would actually be doing or where they would be doing it.
Archive 2008-06-01 Peggy 2008
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The Wrens are the indie-flavored eccentric pop-rock foursome from New Jersey via Delaware founded in the late '80s by Charles Bissell (guitar vocals), Kevin Whelan (bass vocals), Greg Whelan (guitarist), and Jerry MacDonnell (drums).
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume Thirty-Seven 2009
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On coming into office, Oswald had been against the idea of Wrens serving in sea-going ships.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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She was one of 200 "Wrens" at a military radio intercept outside Moncton, N.B. who tracked German submarines by their broadcasts.
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[Illustration: House Wren.] "Did you never hear the 'Wrens' duet '?
Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870
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There are complete chapters from Vane and Wrens book copied as like other scenes.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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She wanted to get into the Wrens, and she wanted some help.
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The white-coated waiter came with a tray for three glasses of light sherry for the Wrens.
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Again, Robert Fairchild and Troy Schumacher stood out in the Royal Navy section, and although Jennie Somogyi was a poor choice to lead the Wrens — muted and un-energized — her pals were sexy and full of beans.
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