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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Herbert.

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Examples

  • But from the very first line, "I saw her standing over by the MoonPie machine and dug in my pocket for 75 cents," it's apparent that poor Herbie is incapable of such emotion.

    Tomb by Z. S. Adani marshallpayne1 2009

  • In “Fully Loaded,” Maggie salvages Herbie from a junkyard with $75 given to her as a college graduation present.

    The Disneyification of Feminism | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • In “Fully Loaded,” Maggie salvages Herbie from a junkyard with $75 given to her as a college graduation present.

    The Disneyification of Feminism | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • In “Fully Loaded,” Maggie salvages Herbie from a junkyard with $75 given to her as a college graduation present.

    Print - The Disneyification of Feminism | PopPolitics.com 2005

  • He - we'll indulge in an anthropomorphic pronoun since New Englanders dubbed him "Herbie" - lived so long because of Frank Knight, 101, his dedicated caretaker.

    Omaha World-Herald > Frontpage 2010

  • The giant tree nicknamed "Herbie" -- New England's champion elm -- was 217 years old when it was cut down, the Maine Forest Service said Thursday.

    New Orleans Saints Central 2010

  • - The giant tree nicknamed "Herbie" - New England's champion elm - was 217 years old when it was cut down, the Maine Forest Service said Thursday.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2010

  • Thanks to the 1960s Love Bug movies, the name Herbie will forever be associated with anthropomorphic-machine cuteness — and Michael Kritzer’s Herbi is no exception.

    HERBI SMART HYDROPONIC GARDEN | Inhabitat 2006

  • Thanks to the 1960s Love Bug movies, the name Herbie will forever be associated with anthropomorphic-machine cuteness — and Michael Kritzer’s Herbi is no exception.

    2006 June | Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World 2006

  • Dillon's big-screen career careened wildly off course after he unwisely chose to follow up his Oscar-nominated turn in 2004's Crash by taking a backseat to Lindsay Lohan and an anthropomorphized VW in the all-too-prophetically titled Herbie: Fully Loaded.

    Cheers & Jeers: Modern Family's Outsider — Matt Dillon 2011

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