Definitions
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- proper noun A female
given name , popular at the turn of the 20th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Frankly, when people think ethics, the name Ethel O’Shea doesn’t usually leap to mind, as you might well imagine.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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Frankly, when people think ethics, the name Ethel O’Shea doesn’t usually leap to mind, as you might well imagine.
As Husbands Go Susan Isaacs 2010
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Phred has had his Windows washed, and everything reinstalled; Ethel is getting the same treatment.
he thinks he'll be alright but he doesn't know for sure, like every other unindicted coconspirator netcurmudgeon 2007
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Maybe the name Ethel should be changed to ... something else. ""
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So, anyway, my wife Ethel is just talking with this Russian guy, and she just happens to blurt out that the American fission bomb is based on an imploding-sphere design with synchronized explosive charges placed in a regular, radial pattern along the outside of the sphere.
Think Progress » Novak Backs Off Pledge To ‘Reveal All’ 2006
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C2H5 (ethyl, perhaps a pun on the name Ethel), C2H5OH (ethanol),
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In case you haven’t met her, Ethel is an amazing, fun and fascinating woman.
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"The electoral register lists everyone living in the Denton area eligible to vote and I'm damn sure that anyone called Ethel and Wilf have got to be of voting age.
Hard Frost Wingfield, R. D. 1995
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"Let's make her middle name Ethel" may elicit an obvious groan or just a polite shaking of the head.
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"Let's make her middle name Ethel" may elicit an obvious groan or just a polite shaking of the head.
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