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- noun Plural form of
mermaid .
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Examples
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Hence, ˜mermaids™ is being used to refer to the property of being a mermaid, not to individual mermaids.
Existence Miller, Barry 2002
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She told me she was a mermaid and then asked, “Do you believe in mermaids?”
Autism and Writing | The Stiletto Gang The Stiletto Gang 2008
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I totally belive in mermaids but THIS is soooo FAKE!!!!!! someone Says:
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And if the mermaids are the muses, is it possible that I have heard the mermaids singing each to each.
Do I Dare to Eat a Peach? jimvanpelt 2007
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Whitfield's deepsmen bear the same relation to conventional 'mermaids' that Blade Runner's replicants do to creaky actors-in-tinfoil androids of earlier cinema, or that the Batman of Begins does to the Batman of & Robin.
Kit Whitfield, In Great Waters (2009) Adam Roberts 2010
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Of course, there are many underwater monsters and sensual "mermaids", and by the standards of the dawning age of wonder it was pretty packed, but alas, it does not read as "space adventure", or any kind of memorable adventure at all (probably because of the total lack of characterization).
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From silent-screen sirens to the fetching "mermaids" of Brighton, England, from New York's Rockaway Beach to Maine's Old Orchard Beach, and from vintage swimsuits to the Gilded Age artistry of the great American illustrator Edward Penfield, summertime has never looked more inviting.
The New York Public Library: Dive Right In -- Summer's Here! (Slideshow) 2010
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From silent-screen sirens to the fetching "mermaids" of Brighton, England, from New York's Rockaway Beach to Maine's Old Orchard Beach, and from vintage swimsuits to the Gilded Age artistry of the great American illustrator Edward Penfield, summertime has never looked more inviting.
The New York Public Library: Dive Right In -- Summer's Here! (Slideshow) 2010
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Whitfield's deepsmen bear the same relation to conventional 'mermaids' that Blade Runner's replicants do to creaky actors-in-tinfoil androids of earlier cinema, or that the Batman of Begins does to the Batman of & Robin.
Archive 2010-04-01 Adam Roberts 2010
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Reasons for reading: Review in People; the word "mermaids" in the title
Archive 2008-03-01 tinylittlelibrarian 2008
anydelirium commented on the word mermaids
'I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think they will sing to me.'
-The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot
February 19, 2008
bilby commented on the word mermaids
Chin up, Alf.
April 7, 2009