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  • proper noun A female given name from the adjective "misty", reasonably popular in the 1970s and the 1980s.

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Examples

  • ART HARRIS, INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, ARTHARRIS. COM, INTERVIEWED MISTY CROSLIN, HALEIGH ` S NEW STEPMOM: Nancy, it is keeping Misty on edge and that is hopefully what the police are counting on to perhaps get, you know, some cooperation.

    CNN Transcript Oct 14, 2009 2009

  • Golf course workers said one of the victims wore a collar with the name "Misty" - indicating that the cat was indeed someone's pet, WBBH reported.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Then, Dad asked Mina to create a Hawaiian version of the name Misty.

    Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

  • Then, Dad asked Mina to create a Hawaiian version of the name Misty.

    Misty Misty May-Treanor With Jill Lieber Steeg 2010

  • And when Erin's sister, Misty, is found dead in the lavish home they share with sugar daddy Bollen, there doesn't seem to be a single lead worth pursuing.

    Blue Screen by Robert B. Parker: Book summary 2010

  • I called her Misty because of her gray color, even though she would never come too close to me.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats Jack Canfield 2008

  • Yesterday i picked up Larry and Misty from the airport with the indespensible help of chaosmanor who is, just in case you aren't aware of this: incredible.

    March 1st, 2006 mynxii 2006

  • I called her Misty because of her gray color, even though she would never come too close to me.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Loving Our Cats Jack Canfield 2008

  • We rebelled at the name Misty, Or Mr Mist, or whatever, so Richard said Frank.

    cbrimble Diary Entry cbrimble 2007

  • One night he was way too buzzed to drive home, so he called Misty.

    Tricks Ellen Hopkins 2005

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