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  • proper noun A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.

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Examples

  • There isn't going to be any dinner to-day, only just bread and butter, and milk, and cold ham, up in Katy's room, because Debby is helping too, so as to get through and save Papa all the fuss.

    What Katy Did: A Story 1887

  • "Debby is n't as set against Ellery as she seems to be," said the old lady, in an explanatory aside to me.

    Oldtown Folks 1869

  • When it was all over, and the servants had gone out, we grouped ourselves around the fire, and Ellery Davenport began: Cousin Debby, I 'm going to come down handsomely to you.

    Oldtown Folks 1869

  • By and by I heard her call Debby, and give her the papers, and say: 'Here is a mass of trash which I wish you to put at once into the kitchen fire.'

    What Katy Did Susan Coolidge 1870

  • She wrote The Most Famous Man in America, but we're calling Debby Applegate the most glamorous biographer we've ever laid eyes on!

    Colleen Werthmann: Gravitas-Challenged Pulitzer Prize Winner Hottie Rundown! 2008

  • But this one particular person - whom we shall name Debby - takes 'drama' to a whole new multi-dimensional level.

    Dubai Consumer Mirror 2009

  • "Very kind of Debby, I'm sure," said Uncle Squeaky.

    Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. Nellie Mabel Leonard

  • "Very kind of Debby, I'm sure," said Uncle Squeaky.

    Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. Nellie Mabel Leonard

  • "Very kind of Debby, I'm sure," said Uncle Squeaky.

    Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. Nellie Mabel Leonard

  • Perhaps some folks were simply displeased with the notion of Debby’s family representing the model Jewish Upper West Siders, who, while being amongst the most liberal, still see some things as intensely taboo.

    The First Annual Greasy Latkes: Mislabeling the JCC | Jewschool 2003

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