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Examples
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"Emelina," said Miss Deemas solemnly, "let me warn you against that boy.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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Lo has been overheard calling the babies Maximiano and Emelina, according spies for In Touch Magazine.
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However, before the names were officially announced, an eavesdropping hospital worker apparently heard Jennifer Lopez calling the kids Maximiano and Emelina, so perhaps they're the full names.
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Emelina is a Teutonic name that means 'busy and industrious' while Maximiano was obviously named after either a ropey brand of ice cream or one of the Megazords from a latter-day Power Rangers series.
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Jack loudly resented being sent to bed before the proper time, whereupon he and Emelina had a fight (as they had most nights), and Kate and I ran into the nursery to get out of the way.
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Whereon Jack fell a-moaning and a-crying out, that Dame Hilda thought he was rare sick, and ordered Emelina to get ready a dose of violet oil.
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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Emelina come and swept us afore her into the nursery, with an impatient -- "Deary me! here be these children for ever in the way!"
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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But before Emelina could so much as fetch a spoon, there was Jack dancing a hornpipe and singing, or rather screaming, at the top of his voice, till Dame Hilda put her hands over her ears and cried for mercy.
In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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"No, I _don't_ know, Emelina, what is the precise ` thingumy 'you refer to this time," said the uncompromising and matter-of-fact Miss Deemas.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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Miss Emelina Tippet was neither tall nor stiff, nor angular nor bony; on the contrary, she was little and plump, and not bad-looking.
Fighting the Flames 1859
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