Definitions
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- proper n. A male given name.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Linda dies and Orville is pumped full of six rounds from two shotguns.
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"I must conclude, then," said he, "that the letter deserves your utmost contempt, – but that the name of Orville is sufficient to make you prize it."
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
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So, we’re at church last night, and the kids are upstairs with Grandma in Child Care where Orville is practicing his magic tricks for his up and coming birthday party.
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We have Orville, which is -- really seems to have started to turn the corner, and then we also have Act II, which is probably struggling a little bit more relative to its positioning.
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The experiment went like this: 100 undergraduates were introduced to a new popcorn product called "Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet Fresh Microwave Popcorn."
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"Perhaps, Sir," said Mrs. Selwyn, "you have not discovered the reason my Lord Orville is so careful?"
Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance Into the World
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CHARLES: But scientists such as Orville Vogel at Washington State University bred new varieties of wheat that included a mutant gene that kept the plant short.
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Only 10% of Britain is urban she squeaks in her irritating 'Orville' way.
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Following Red Tory's earlier pointer, we meet "Orville" who, because he has no grip on reality, chooses to manufacture his own:
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O/T, but If you want a real laugh an a half, check out Joanne's latest True Blue Stupidity courtesy of commenter "Orville"...
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