Meaning of Bertha | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from the Germanic languages.
2. A lace collar that covers the shoulders of a dress

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Examples

“You are the beautiful Bertha, the spinner, the queen of Helvetia; / She whose story I read⟳ at a stall in the streets of Southampton”

“Why couldn't they have⟳ called her by her first name⟳, Bertha, which was beautiful and dignified, instead of that silly "Rilla"?”

“"No wonder⟳ she never gets anywhere with a name⟳ like⟳ Bertha," Sally said, while having coffee afterwards with two of the other night-coursers. "It goes with her outfits, though." ( Bertha sports the macrame look⟳, with health-food sandals and hand-weave skirts that don't do a thing for her square figure⟳, [...])”

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