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Examples
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But things were a little slow, a lot of my contacts were still on vacation, so I called my greataunt to check on her, and she told me that a repairman had come to fix the refrigerator.
THE EXTRA MAN JONATHAN AMES 1998
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“Well, watch out,” Rosie advised, with the air of Bella's greataunt.
Working With the Working Woman Cornelia Stratton Parker
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I had never heard of any tutor but Biddy and Mr. Wopsle's greataunt; so, I replied in the negative.
Great Expectations Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1861
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This year Ry’s name, along with that of an elderly greataunt, would be entered in the Devlin family Bible.
Devlin’s Light Mariah Stewart 1997
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