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- proper noun A patronymic
surname .
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Examples
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Indeed the name Hews seemed to have been closely connected with music and the stage.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877
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At length John Hughs, alias Hews, another young man, joined them.
Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed Hayward, A L 1735
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'In the original edition of the Sonnets "Hews" is printed with a capital letter and in italics, and this, he claimed, showed clearly that a play on words was intended, his view receiving a good deal of corroboration from those sonnets in which curious puns are made on the words "use" and "usury."
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877
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Even as the Times has hired a Social Media editor, should Bill and Jill take their show on the road, to the web, would shtick seduce readers and advertisers convincingly into believing that the Times truly knows the difference between the Times's Old Hews habit and a Real Time News fix?
Bill Keller and Jill Abramson Ride the Times' Publicity Caravan 2009
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Hews headline following the interview: "Democrats Recoil at Notion of Government 'by the People', Prefer Government by Self-Anointed Ruling Class"
The Lipstick Coffeehouse. Ann Althouse 2008
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At length John Hughs, _alias_ Hews, another young man, joined them.
Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Arthur L. Hayward
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Drs. Garrettson and Hews, who have thus tried it, tell me it takes one-half to three-fourths less, and the after effects are far less nauseating and unpleasant.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 Various
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Hinderances are placed in the way of those Russians (except the Hews) who would leave for America or the west of Europe, while inducements and advantages are offered for settlers in Siberia.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Hews, I muft needs put into my confest conference touching
Thomas Hariot Stevens, Henry, 1819-1886 1885
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Sidney's Stella was none other but the Will Hews to whom Shakespeare dedicated the Sonnets, and who he tells us was himself sweet 'music to hear.'
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories Oscar Wilde 1877
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