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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The daughter of a Greek king who, while fleeing with her brother from their stepmother, drowned in the Hellespont, thereafter named for her.
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Examples
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I have a bunch of hunting knives (oh well) but the Helle is now my "go-to" knife.
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About this time a people called the Helle'nes -- but whether a Pelasgic tribe or otherwise is uncertain -- first appeared in the south of Thessaly, and, gradually diffusing themselves over the whole country, became, by their martial spirit and active, enterprising genius, the ruling class, and impressed new features upon the Grecian character.
Mosaics of Grecian History Marcius Willson
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Guy I talked with in Norway says ( "Helle" Jeager) about as good as it gets for the money (laminated steel)
Rifle Shooting's 10 Most Significant Developments of the Decade 2009
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Guy I talked with in Norway says ( "Helle" Jeager) about as good as it gets for the money (laminated steel)
Rifle Shooting's 10 Most Significant Developments of the Decade 2009
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Helle fell from the ram's back into the strait that separates Europe and Asia, called after her the Hellespont, 'Helle's sea,' and known to us as the Dardanelles.
Ritchie's Fabulae Faciles A First Latin Reader John [Editor] Kirtland
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David also touches on the developments in Italy, where IMF officials are taking a closer look at its finances:What is certain is that if Berlusconi could stop leering at female political leaders' derrieres - first Denmark's Helle Thorning-Schmidt, now Argentina's Cristina de Kirchner see photograph, left - and quit, Italy's chances of solving its much deeper problems would improve immeasurably.
Greek PM Papandreou wins confidence vote - November 4 2011 2011
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• Neil Kinnock, whose daughter-in-law, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, sent the conference a "you can win too" message as Denmark's PM-elect, gave his former tormentor, the BBC's Andrew Neil, a burly pat on the shoulder after they were given the full vetting treatment more than Andy Coulson ever was! by G4S security staff.
Michael White's conference diary: cheers for oldsters and boos for Boris 2011
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Question for ETEXAN: thanks so much, did they happen to mention blood staining the Helle in the article? any chance you could sc | Field & Stream
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The result would put the first-ever woman in the prime minister's office, Social Democrat leader Helle Thorning-Schmidt , and restores her party to its historical position as the largest in Parliament.
Opposition Set to Win Denmark Election Flemming Emil Hansen 2011
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Commented Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's Helle Vaagland: This illustrates very well the sky-high aesthetic demands placed on the female body.
H&M Uses Fake Bodies With Real Heads For Models (PHOTOS) 2011
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