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Country singer Wilson
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gretchen
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Gretchen is a female given name. Gretchen may also refer to: Gretchen (band) , a female-fronted alternative rock band Gretchen (film) , a 2006 film Gretchen (play) , an 1879 play by W. S. Gilbert based on the Faust legend Hurricane Gretchen , three tropical ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. proper name, German diminutive of Greta, a German and Swedish pet form of Margaret . Somestimes used as a typical German female name, also sometimes in reference to the name of the simple girl seduced by Faust.
Usage examples of gretchen.
Gretchen thought that wa aaa-wa aaa was the most beautiful sound she had ever heard.
Even Amanda, who was supposedly good at it, had made a try or two, but Gretchen was no talker.
On the occasions when Amanda had mentioned a book in an attempt to make conversation, Gretchen looked totally blank.
Wondering how long Gretchen had been there and what she had heard, Amanda cautiously approached the door.
None of the three seemed to think it unusual that Amanda was standing on her front walk with Gretchen Tannenwald.
Gretchen said, standing close enough to Amanda to suggest that she might have had similar thoughts.
Gretchen paused, waiting for Amanda to nod, say something short and sweet, and leave.
Holding her hands in her lap, Gretchen let Amanda be the one to return his wave.
Then he sighed, looked up, aimed sad eyes first at Amanda, then at Gretchen.
She stared blankly at Amanda, shifting the blank stare to Russ when he joined them, then Gretchen.
They drove her home from the hospital on Saturday, with the baby strapped neatly in the infant carrier that Gretchen had bought months before, and Amanda should have kept an emotional distance.
Gently, Amanda took the baby from Oliver and carried him to Gretchen, who went up the stairs without another word.
One look at Gretchen, who might or might not be loved by Oliver, and Amanda appreciated her marriage all the more.
We began whirling in a mad waltz, and the faces of Boog, Pete, and Gretchen flashed by in an instant.
Up on the snack-bar roof, five Willyites were approaching Boog, Pete, and Gretchen.