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  • proper noun A diminutive form of the female given names Isabel and Isobel.

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Examples

  • For a generation of Edinburgh newcomers who will only know Isy Suttie as Dobby from Peep Show – you are in for a treat.

    Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2011

  • Isy Suttie at the Pleasance: 'the real joy is in the way she brings both Pearl and Dave to life in gestures and expressions'.

    Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2011

  • That shouldn't be a problem for Isy Suttie because despite the brilliance of her work as Dobby in Peep Show, she's carved out a successful niche on the live circuit.

    This week's new comedy 2011

  • A star on the Montreal stand-up scene, she channels the same vein of nerdy-but-nice comedy that powers UK acts like Isy Suttie or Sara Pascoe.

    Edinburgh fringe festival new comedy 2011

  • Among the main cast – led by Alan Davies's chef Roland – Michelin-starred delights come from Isy Suttie's dippy waitress and Stephen Wight's turn as the menacingly ambitious (and weird) trainee chef Skoose.

    Tonight's TV highlights David Stubbs 2010

  • The organisers have gone for a mix of crowd pullers and critical favourites, with local hero Rhod Gilbert and emerging star Jon Richardson along with multiple award-winner Daniel Kitson and Peep Show regular Isy Suttie.

    This week's new comedy 2011

  • First among equals was Isy Suttie's musical tale Pearl and Dave, about her reclusive neighbour's Skype affair with a loveless Surrey housewife.

    Edinburgh festival 2011: The highs and lows 2011

  • After stops in the Cape Verde and Falkland Islands, Biscoe sailed east in search of the reported, but non-existent Aurora Islands, and then to the South Sandwich Isy through icebergs and pack ice.

    Biscoe, John 2009

  • Isabella to 'give it her' for spoiling her favorite's dress; Maidie rushed in between, crying out, 'Pay (whip) Maidjie as much as you like, and I'll not say one word; but touch Isy, and I'll roar like a bull!'

    Stories of Childhood Various 1885

  • Isabella to 'give it her' for spoiling her favorite's dress; Maidie rushed in between, crying out, 'Pay (whip) Maidie as much as you like, and I'll not say one word; but touch Isy, and I'll roar like a bull!'

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

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