Nessie

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Agnes.
2. The Loch Ness monster.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“That flurry of activity had been set⟳ off by a magisterial book (Whyte, 1957), reinforced by Dinsdale’s filming of a Nessie (Dinsdale, 1961) and culminating in successful underwater photography (Rines et al., 1976) by the Academy of Applied Science (AAS). Nessies were assigned the taxonomic identity Nessiteras rhombopteryx (Anonymous, 1975).”

“And if it comes down to just one vote⟳, we all know⟳ who will be called upon to break⟳ that tie. Go with your gut, Nessie. You do you, Nessie, you do you.”

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