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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Bible Philippians
  • abbreviation Philippines

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  • proper noun biblical Abbreviation of Philippians.

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Examples

  • Before I married my man I lived five years at Mrs. Robertson's, and she had a boy they called Phil.

    Phil, the Fiddler Horatio Alger 1865

  • Never one to turn down food, I jumped at the chance, and the above box was delivered earlier this week by a really friendly man in a van, called Phil.

    summer in a box Katy 2009

  • Never one to turn down food, I jumped at the chance, and the above box was delivered earlier this week by a really friendly man in a van, called Phil.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Katy 2009

  • I used to like him big time, right before Mistake '96, aka Phil.

    deep-ending on you alannablue 2004

  • H. von Helmholtz, Lecture On the interaction of natural forces, '' Königsberg, February 7 (1854), in Phil.

    Fusion 2000

  • He received the degree of Dr.Phil. from the University of

    Friedrich Bergius - Biography 1966

  • "Hold on a minute," suggested the one they had called Phil.

    Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island Gordon Stuart

  • And so, 'added Betty, who had almost talked herself out of breath,' and so, as Mr Phil. is out, gone as he always is upon a visit to they newcomers up at Castle, the 'Squire he ordered John to fetch our Orlando out of hand home to entertain all this grand company.'

    The Old Manor House 1793

  • I have no confidence in the predictive skills of that rodent called Phil.

    Watts Up With That? 2010

  • Well, I have a M.A. in Phil., an M. Div., and a J.D. I guess that makes me a medium cup of shit served w/a kick of wailing and gnashing teeth, all by a waiter who swears that he and his client make the very best steaming bowl of shit on the planet.

    Matthew Yglesias » Civil War 2007

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