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- proper noun A
surname used by the Deshastha Brahmincaste , Yajurvedi sub-branch, ofIndia .
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Examples
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They would sit and listen to him as he read to them, as if they were at an exhibition at which they had paid for admission, and it is not too much to say "Garge" was, in their eyes, almost as dreadful
The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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They didn't know much about music, but they knew the organ sounded beautiful on Sundays, and that "Garge" played it.
The Adventures of a Three-Guinea Watch Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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"Because," answered a comrade with an expressive wink, "it's Garge's birthday, Garge Washington, you know, the daddy of his counthry!"
A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel
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If a reformed rake makes a good husband, sure its she will have the fine chance with Garge, Mrs. ODowd remarked to Posky, who had lost her position as bride in the regiment, and was quite angry with the usurper.
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My dear, said she, good-naturedly, it was my intention that Garge should be a brother of my own, and my sister Glorvina would have suited him entirely.
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'Yes, Garge, my faithful friend -- sarve me in the back with two fut o carvin-knife, while I was chattin with Garge's pals.'
The Gentleman A Romance of the Sea Alfred Ollivant 1900
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An 'w'ile we was gettin' it down us, 'e ses to me, "Ah, Garge,"' e ses.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists Robert Tressell 1890
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"Well, Garge," exclaimed the old man, as he seated himself comfortably in a great arm-chair, "now that you've had a good look at the _Nonsuch_, what do 'e think of her?"
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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But 'twont be true very much longer, Garge, for I've a-got a ship upon my stocks now as'll beat the _Bonaventure_ every way and in all weathers.
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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Garge, I'm proud of 'e, boy -- and so be madam here, too, I'll be boun' -- for 'twas I that made a sailor of 'e by givin' of 'e thicky toy bwoat, a matter o' twelve or vourteen year agone
The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer Harry Collingwood 1886
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