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- proper noun A female
given name .
Etymologies
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Examples
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ZILLAH -- A Toppenish woman died Saturday after crashing her Jeep Cherokee on Interstate 82 two miles east of Zillah, the Washington State Patrol reported.
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It is queer, Zillah (they call her Zillah) - Zillah Horsfall is a woman, and Caroline
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Then he called Zillah and asked her to ascertain if there was such a person as Titus Alden living near Biltz.
An American Tragedy 2004
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'After sitting still an hour, I looked at the great room with its smooth uncarpeted floor, and thought how nice it would be to play in, if we removed the table; and I asked Linton to call Zillah in to help us, and we'd have a game at blindman's-buff; she should try to catch us: you used to, you know, Ellen.
Wuthering Heights Emily Bront�� 1833
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Here the tidings were known that in Lifu John Cho had lost his wife Margaret, and had married the widow of a Karotongan teacher, a very suitable match, but too speedy to be according to European ideas; and on November 26 the 'Zillah' was off the Three Kings, New Zealand.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson Yonge, Charlotte M 1873
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"After sitting still an hour, I looked at the great room with its smooth uncarpeted floor, and thought how nice it would be to play in if we removed the table; and I asked Linton to call Zillah in to help us, and we'd have a game at blind-man's buff.
Wuthering Heights 1847
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"Zillah," said the General, querulously, and with an excitement in his feeble voice which showed how readily he might lapse into complete delirium -- "Zillah, my child, be quick.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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"Zillah," said she, with a deep sigh, "it is very well to talk of killing one's self, as I did just now, or of running away; but, after all, other things must be considered.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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"Zillah," said he, "our regiment sails for India several days sooner than I first expected, and it is necessary for me to leave in a short time.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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"Zillah," said she, in a solemn voice, "whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge.
The Cryptogram A Novel James De Mille
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