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  • proper noun A female given name, variant of Margery.

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Examples

  • Though I do not dwell here on The Giaour as a fragment, I find support for my reading in Marjorie Levinson's description of the work done by the Romantic Fragment Poem: Insofar as the

    Notes on 'Byron and Romantic Occidentalism' 2008

  • I was fortunate to receive the wonderfully generous assistance of my cousin Marjorie and her husband Paul in initial clearing and cleaning of the kitchen and in taking bags of rubbish to the tip.

    A month of hell 2007

  • I was fortunate to receive the wonderfully generous assistance of my cousin Marjorie and her husband Paul in initial clearing and cleaning of the kitchen and in taking bags of rubbish to the tip.

    A month of hell 2007

  • “I called Marjorie Tench to warn her to stop the President,” Rachel said.

    Deception Point Dan Brown 2001

  • Without a word Marjorie rose and left the room, her eyes full of tears, her proud spirit hurt to the quick.

    Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman Pauline Lester

  • Together they went swiftly up the walk and out to the stile where Gray's horse and buggy were hitched, and without a word Marjorie, bareheaded as she was, climbed into the buggy and they silently sped through the fields.

    The Heart of the Hills John Fox 1891

  • Pray get some one to read you 'Marjorie' -- which I say, because (as I found) it agrees with one best in that way.

    Letters of Edward FitzGerald to Fanny Kemble (1871-1883) Edward FitzGerald 1846

  • There’s a lot to chew on in Marjorie Margolies’ op-ed on how she doesn’t regret her vote in favor of the 1993 Clinton budget, even though it’s said to have cost her her seat, and that House Democrats should suck it up and vote for the health care bill.

    Matthew Yglesias » Congress and Illusions of Control 2010

  • "So I called Marjorie back and told her that our Asgard story was good to go.

    Comic Book Resources 2009

  • "So I called Marjorie back and told her that our Asgard story was good to go.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2009

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