Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name applied in Guam to certain seabeans, especially to Stizolobium giganteum, a woody climber with slender glabrous branches, trifoliate leaves, and pale-greenish flowers. The hard brown orbicular seeds are sometimes called
oxeye beans or, in Spanish, ojo-de-venado (buckeye).
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- proper noun A
surname . - proper noun A male
given name - proper noun A female
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Examples
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Marvin Gaye is another one of the many faces of God and his music is aging brilliantly
Salvati dunque e scolpati Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Marvin Gaye is from DC, but I suppose music by black people doesn’t count.
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Marvin Gaye is from DC, but I suppose music by black people doesn’t count.
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In the words of the late, great Marvin Gaye, "what's going on?"
Erikka Yancy: Vitriol and Violence on the Campaign Trail Erikka Yancy 2010
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Marvin Gaye recorded a hit song that lyrics went like this ....
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Marvin Gaye, another DC native son, was just beginning to make his mark at Motown when he released this song back in 1962.
Clicky shuffle: Random songs for Wednesday morning Click Track 2010
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The oddest part of the scenario is the list of "equipment" for the failed punking, which includes a music list: "Alicia keys, 80s romance songs, things that are typically James, avoid Marvin Gaye as too cliché."
I'm on a boat? Abbie Boudreau dodges James O'Keefe's CNN loveboat Alexandra Petri 2010
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And it wasn't Marvin Gaye, who'd been a Doggoned, Peculiar bit of Pride and Joy since that same time.
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The reason why I sang What's Going On by Marvin Gaye was because I felt like we're not paying attention to what's going on in Chile and Haiti.
'Idol' finalist Jermaine Sellers: 'It wasn't in God's will' 2010
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I mean, I did twenty-nine songs and there are two Marvin Gaye songs out of the eleven that were left off the record.
Mike Ragogna: Going Back: A Conversation with Phil Collins Mike Ragogna 2010
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