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- proper noun A
surname , derived from the IrishGaelic Ó Coinn "descendant of Chief". - proper noun A male
given name transferred from the surname. - proper noun A female
given name occasionally used since the 1990s.
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Examples
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QUINN GRAY: Oh. OSMANOVIC: Friday afternoon, Quinn this and this has been missing.
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QUINN GRAY: (INAUDIBLE) I just need someone to come (INAUDIBLE) 911 OPERATOR: OK, Quinn.
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PAT QUINN on Thursday after Quinn appeared at the Dana-Thomas House to announce the reopening of it and other state historic sites.
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Without a word Quinn and the other mech began collecting armfuls of debris from the gutter while Jude pulled a stained beige tarp from the trunk and draped it over the car.
Skinned Robin Wasserman 2008
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Without a word Quinn and the other mech began collecting armfuls of debris from the gutter while Jude pulled a stained beige tarp from the trunk and draped it over the car.
Skinned Robin Wasserman 2008
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Governor Pat Quinn is looking more and more like a casualty of independents pitched forks.
David Ormsby: Independent Voters Stampede to GOP, Dragging Down National Democrats, Governor Pat Quinn David Ormsby 2010
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This first in a projected series by newcomer Quinn is highly recommended.
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For some reason, the idea has never really caught fire here, and the closest American televisual equivalent may be the godawful current-affairs show Colin Quinn hosted for a while (or the adapted version of the British Whose Line is It Anyway, though most panel shows center around discussion rather than performance).
Nathan Robinson: Britain Finally Gets Its Own Daily Show Equivalent Nathan Robinson 2010
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Staying in the same hotel as Quinn is another government employee, Anna Laing, who has also been sent in preparation for the new development.
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Governor Pat Quinn is looking more and more like a casualty of independents 'pitched forks.
David Ormsby: Independent Voters Stampede to GOP, Dragging Down National Democrats, Governor Pat Quinn David Ormsby 2010
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