Gary

Definitions

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s; variant form Garry.
   countable, uncountable
2. Synonym of Gary Glitter (“anus”).
3. A surname from Middle English [in turn originating as a patronymic]; variant form Garry.
   countable, uncountable
4. Numerous places in the United States:
   countable, uncountable
5. A city in Lake County, Indiana, named after American judge and businessman Elbert Henry Gary.
   countable, uncountable
6. A neighbourhood of Tampa, Florida.
   countable, uncountable
7. An unincorporated community in Howard County, Maryland.
   countable, uncountable
8. A minor city in Norman County, Minnesota, named after Garrett L. Thorpe.
   countable, uncountable
9. A city in Deuel County, South Dakota.
   countable, uncountable
10. A minor city in McDowell County, West Virginia, named after American judge and businessman Elbert Henry Gary.
    countable, uncountable
11. Ellipsis of Gary City: a town in Panola County, Texas, United States.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Dressed up like⟳ a million dollar trooper / Trying hard to look⟳ like⟳ Gary Cooper”

“"Gary's an awful name⟳. Whatever he's like⟳. It reminds me of a G.I. man with a crew cut⟳, and 'Mom' tattooed on his chest, and lots of pin-up pictures on his wall."”

“Call⟳ it a brain freeze⟳, another “Aleppo moment,” or a mere campaign stumble, but Gary Johnson has stumbled again in his quixotic presidential campaign.”

“Gary, Indiana! ¶ What a wonderful name⟳ ¶ Named for Elbert Gary of judiciary fame ¶ Gary, Indiana, as a Shakespeare would say⟳ ¶ Trips along softly on the tongue this way--”

“He did him up the Gary, he did.”

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