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  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Melinda and of Miranda.

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Examples

  • Mindy is a 43-year-old white woman who was a sex worker until 2007, when she decided to retire.

    Do High-End Sex Workers Have it Easier? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Mindy is a 43-year-old white woman who was a sex worker until 2007, when she decided to retire.

    Do High-End Sex Workers Have it Easier? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Justin has reminded her that Grandma Mindy is back home, and her purple carpet in her bedroom and all her stuffed animals.

    Excerpt: Ursula, Under by Ingrid Hill 2004

  • She’s also one of about 40 women featured in Mindy Pomper’s video (done about

    Nell Louise Phelps aka 2010

  • They named the baby Amanda, after Jonathan’s mother, but Amanda was too big a name for such a small child, so they called her Mindy.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • They named the baby Amanda, after Jonathan’s mother, but Amanda was too big a name for such a small child, so they called her Mindy.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • They named the baby Amanda, after Jonathan’s mother, but Amanda was too big a name for such a small child, so they called her Mindy.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • They named the baby Amanda, after Jonathan’s mother, but Amanda was too big a name for such a small child, so they called her Mindy.

    Plain Language Barbara Wright 2007

  • Corporal Valdez told Charlie to call her Mindy and that she had a kid named Charlie, too, now in Iraq.

    To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010

  • Corporal Valdez told Charlie to call her Mindy and that she had a kid named Charlie, too, now in Iraq.

    To Fetch a Thief Spencer Quinn 2010

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