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  • proper noun A female given name, diminutive of Gertrude.

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Examples

  • My wife and I have come to the conclusion that these changes in my personality have to be due to what we call the Gertie Effect.

    The Gertie Effect 2007

  • I care whether Gertie has been a widow for ten, or twenty-five years, and I believe the reader will care.

    Double your money -free - two rants deep_bluze 2005

  • "Enid," called Gertie, "here's a duck in my box; put him opposite the chicken."

    Harper's Young People, March 30, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

  • Fun of the fightin ', indeed, when' e'd got that little gal what we used to call Gertie less than ten minutes from the stables!

    Mud and Khaki Sketches from Flanders and France Vernon Bartlett 1938

  • I noticed the lady I had heard referred to as Gertie; as also the thin lady with the golden hair.

    Paul Kelver, a Novel 1893

  • "Carol called Gertie and suddenly Carol found two of us, Margaret, and me in the same week," said Marie, who was also compelled by the need to bring the family together again after so many years.

    unknown title 2009

  • "Carol called Gertie and suddenly Carol found two of us, Margaret, and me in the same week," said Marie, who was also compelled by the need to bring the family together again after so many years.

    unknown title 2009

  • Is this "Hal" of a computer (called Gertie here with voice work by Kevin Spacey) a good guy or an enemy?

    Paste Magazine 2009

  • This dish is very similar to a vintage recipe in my collection called Gertie's Casserole!

    unknown title 2009

  • Hal-esque computer (called Gertie here with voice work by Kevin Spacey) a good guy or an enemy?

    Paste Magazine 2009

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