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auntie

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1787, also aunty , familiar diminutive form of aunt . As a form of kindly address to an older woman to whom one is not related, originally in southern U.S., of elderly slave women.\nThe negro no longer submits with grace to be called "uncle" or "auntie" ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Auntie may refer to: an informal form of the word aunt an informal name for the British Broadcasting Corporation (the BBC ) "Auntie" (song) , a song released in 1972 to celebrate BBC's 50th year an informal name for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the sister of your father or mother; the wife of your uncle [syn: aunt , aunty ] [ant: uncle ]

Usage examples of auntie.

Petya and Pavlik were doing their home-work in the next room, they could hear the excited voices of Father and Auntie, interrupting each other.

When Auntie, not without anxiety, asked him whether he had delivered his speech and what the reaction had been, Vasily Petrovich could not restrain the proud smile that flashed radiantly beneath his pince-nez.

Petya was most unhappy and was amazed to see that Auntie, far from being upset or down-hearted, gave the impression of everything being fine.

In order to add to the income Auntie decided to move into the dining-room, move the cook into the kitchen, and let the two rooms, thus vacated, with board.

This was most unfortunate, although it was doubtful that Auntie would notice it.

That was all Petya saw, for Auntie manoeuvred him and Pavlik into the kitchen and kept them there until Mr.

Langeron and Yekaterininskaya streets, directly opposite the huge Fankoni Cafe where stockbrokers and grain merchants in Panama hats sat at marble-topped tables set out right on the pavement, Paris-style, under awnings and surrounded by potted laurel trees, the cab in which Auntie and Pavlik were travelling was all but overturned by a bright-red automobile driven by the heir to the famous Ptashnikov Bros, firm, a grotesquely bloated young man in a tiny yachting cap, who looked amazingly like a prize Yorkshire pig.

Vasily Petrovich, Pavlik and Auntie were shouting together, in varying stages of despair, as they fussed around the Alpine rucksacks and travelling-bag.

Petya went below to the cabin to be the first to inform Auntie of the great event.

Odessa, when we nearly got left behind, and when Auntie was so worried she nearly went crazy?

In her heart of hearts Auntie was deeply hurt that they had not taken her abroad with them.

The silken quilt they had brought from Switzerland as a present left Auntie completely unimpressed.

Neither Auntie nor the boys ventured to ask him anything, but all understood something very serious must have happened.

Vasily Petrovich finally took fire and asked Auntie to tell him all the details.

It was exactly like those winter landscapes which Petya saw every year at the spring exhibitions held by South Russian artists, where Auntie took the boys to teach them the love of beauty.