Mabel

Definitions

A female given name from Latin.

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Examples

“Her name⟳ was Mabel Hortense, and the children were very proud of having a cousin who lived in the city and was named Mabel Hortense. At Damsonfield Four Corners, where they lived, all the little girls were name⟳ Mary Jane or Sarah Ann or Lucy Maria, or, at the best, Hattie and Carrie; they had scarcely even heard so fine a name⟳ as Mabel Hortense.”

“The red stitching across the breast pocket read⟳ Mabel, a name⟳ Maggie had not heard since her childhood. What had become⟳ of all the Mabels? She tried to picture giving a new little baby that name⟳.”

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