Meaning of Mary Ann | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A female given name from Hebrew.
2. An imaginary character to whom the Sheffield Outrages were attributed.
   UK, historical

Examples

“She doesn't like⟳ being called after Mother Hubbard, who is an old woman in a baby bonnet, even more than she doesn't like⟳ to be called Honoria. "That name⟳ practically ruined mah entire childhood," she said once. "Ah wanted to make⟳ darn sure Ah gave mah little girl a name⟳ nobody in creation could make⟳ fun of." But she hasn't. 'Mary Ann, Mary Ann, washed her face⟳ in a frying pan,' they sang at her on the playground at recess. Soon as she grows up she is going to change⟳ it to another one, sort⟳ of like⟳ it, but nicer, more like⟳ books: Marian, or Marianne. Or maybe Miranda.”

“The entire family fell in love⟳ with Mary Ann, holding her, playing peek-a-boo until she would laugh⟳ so loudly. The snow⟳ had been falling for several days, and it was blistering cold. Our family didn't own⟳ an automobile, but Daddy sat […]”

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