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- proper noun A female
given name
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Examples
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Our first stop was Clarinda, which is the county seat.
Day #2: Hitting the Road In Page County, Iowa. Mother Jones RN 2007
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Our first stop was Clarinda, which is the county seat.
Archive 2007-06-01 Mother Jones RN 2007
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The lady whom Burns called Clarinda put herself in a like quandary by beginning a song with this stanza -
Style Walter Alexander Raleigh 1891
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And then she reads the previous post and realizes that you are not in CR but Clarinda which is a whole lotta ways away from W'loo.
Tall Corn Country Mother Jones RN 2007
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A. M., was written by Mrs. MacLehose, the "Clarinda" of Burns, and is to be found in most of the lives of the Scottish poet.
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Highland home, we may almost forgive him the excesses of that tour, if not the renewed liaison with Jean which immediately preceded, and the amorous correspondence with "Clarinda" (Mrs. M'Lehose) which followed it .....
Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Various 1885
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I beg your pardon, my dear "Clarinda," for the fragment scrawl I sent you yesterday.
The Letters of Robert Burns Robert Burns 1777
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The 300 star will take the title role alongside Julia Stiles in the film, which will detail Burns 'love affairs with wife Jean Armour and society hostess Agnes' Clarinda 'McLehose.
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On 25 January 2008 a musical play about the love affair between Robert Burns and Nancy McLehose entitled “Clarinda”, written by Mike Gibb and Kevin Walsh, premiered in Edinburgh before touring Scotland.
robert burns | some hae meat « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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He embarked on a relationship with the separated Agnes ‘Nancy’ McLehose (1758-1841), with whom he exchanged passionate letters under pseudonyms (Burns called himself ‘Sylvander’ and Nancy ‘Clarinda’).
robert burns | some hae meat « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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