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- proper noun A female
given name in occasional use at the turn of the 20th century.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I think you don't care for Stockholm any longer," called Hilma; while
Gerda in Sweden Etta Blaisdell McDonald
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"Hilma," he said, "I've been wondering lately about things.
The Octopus : A story of California Frank Norris 1886
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Karina Björnlund was born September 9, 1951, second child of three to the marriage of Hilma and Helge Björnlund.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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He has read Brautigan, a lot of Borges, and has gone from Dante to García Márquez to Hilma Wolitzer to Kafka.
The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010
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Karina Björnlund was born September 9, 1951, second child of three to the marriage of Hilma and Helge Björnlund.
Red Wolf Liza Marklund 2010
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Next morning, Hilma remained in the inner rooms, but in the kitchen old Martta made ready to leave, with a cold expression on her face.
Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009
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In the green semi-darkness of that low-ceilinged retreat he found his Hilma.
Archive 2009-06-01 Eric Dickens 2009
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Kustaa had not told Hilma to come, she had done so of her own accord, guided by her own sure instinct.
Archive 2009-07-01 David McDuff 2009
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Hilma did not come to Salmelus for as long as the old master still lay unburied.
Archive 2009-07-01 David McDuff 2009
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When a little later Miss Martta and the stableman drove out through the gateway, Kustaa and Hilma stood at the drawing room window and watched, and then Kustaa felt that there was something insolent about what he was causing to take place, and the village girl at his side even more so.
Archive 2009-08-01 David McDuff 2009
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