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  • proper noun A diminutive of the male given name Matthew.

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Examples

  • Even though Mat is generally recognized as a happy-go-lucky sort, an undercurrent of danger lies beneath his surface, and this cover captures that to a "T."

    Book Cover Smackdown! 'The Shadow Rising' vs. 'A Game of Thrones' (French) 2010

  • I called Mat for spider killing advice unfortunately if a spider enters my house it must die you see, but normally Mat kills them for me - hence the phone call.

    Archive 2009-03-01 thereddeer 2009

  • I called Mat for spider killing advice unfortunately if a spider enters my house it must die you see, but normally Mat kills them for me - hence the phone call.

    The Red Deer thereddeer 2009

  • Tonight at Jeffrey where we have spent many a rainy weekend afternoon fitfully running our hands over the $500 shoes designer Masakï Matsushïma (protégé of the pleats-obsessed Issey Miyake) launches a perfume called Mat, which will retail for about $50 per ounce and stink to high heaven of ancestral bamboo, mango pulp, juniper berry, watermelon, parsley and tea leaves, squeezed mint and lotus flower.

    Eight Day Week 2001

  • Tonight at Jeffrey where we have spent many a rainy weekend afternoon fitfully running our hands over the $500 shoes designer Masakï Matsushïma (protégé of the pleats-obsessed Issey Miyake) launches a perfume called Mat, which will retail for about $50 per ounce and stink to high heaven of ancestral bamboo, mango pulp, juniper berry, watermelon, parsley and tea leaves, squeezed mint and lotus flower.

    Eight Day Week 2001

  • Without another word Mat brought the butt of his spear up hard, straight between the fellow's legs.

    Lord of Chaos Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1994

  • The "snake village" of Le Mat is home to generations of snake collectors, many of whom operate restaurants specializing in grilled, poached or deep-fried snake.

    Barnett, Robert W. 1977

  • Soon she noticed one which bore the name Mat-hews.

    The Secret of the Old Clock Keene, Carolyn 1959

  • Im 23, been djing for 4.5 years, for the last year and a bit under the name Mat Cant.

    Scatterblog 2008

  • The borough, known as Mat-Su, will own and operate the passenger-vehicle ferry and give the Navy data on its operation as a possible ship-to-shore transport vessel.

    Ted Stevens Seeks $84 Million "Ferry to Nowhere" 2007

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