Crossword clues for fannie
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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Fannie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944), African American educator, political and women's rights activist
- Fannie Barrios, Venezuelan bodybuilder
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (1863–1927), Austrian-born American pianist
- Fannie C. Williams (1882–1980), American educator
- Fannie E. Motley, American schoolteacher and president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools
- Fannie Farmer (1857–1915), American culinary expert and author
- Fannie Fern Andrews (1867–1950), American lecturer, teacher, social worker and writer
- Fannie Flagg (born 1944), American actress, comedian and author
- Fannie Heaslip Lea (1884–1955), American author and poet
- Fannie Hillsmith (1911–2007), American cubist painter
- Fannie Hurst (1885–1968), American novelist
- Fannie Kauffman (1924–2009), a Mexican comedian and actress
- Fannie Lee Chaney (1921–2007), American baker turned civil rights activist
- Fannie Lou Hamer (1917–1977), American voting rights activist
- Fannie Nampeyo (1900–1987), American potter
- Fannie Pearson Hardy Eckstorm (1865–1946), American writer, ornithologist and folklorist
- Fannie Porter (1873-c.1940), American brothel owner
- Fannie Salter (1883–1966), American lighthouse keeper
- Fannie Sellins (1872–1919), American union organizer
- Fannie Ward (1872–1952), vaudeville and silent film actress
Usage examples of "fannie".
The deckhands on the Carpathia lowered a mail sack then, and with trembling hands, Edwina helped Seaman Jones carefully put Fannie into it as she cried and begged Edwina not to make her do it.
The lifeboats below were moving away from the ship, and as number eight turned on the icy seas below, Edwina clutched little Teddy to her, and she tried to maneuver Fannie onto her lap as well, but the seats were too high, she could barely make it.
Most of all Edwina wanted to see a specialist to make sure that Teddy was alright and Fannie did not lose her frostbitten fingers.
Edwina put the box away on a shelf, and listened as Fannie rattled away about the carousel in the park.
I also named Frank Raines, vice chairman of Fannie Mae, the Federal National Mortgage Association, to be head of the Office of Management and Budget.
Watch this junk, Henry, take this junk, here, what a fool I am she says, and she gave me some old phonograph records and some newspapers, special, she said, and I thanked her and thought what the hell and she went down the hall crying for herself being a fool and I just put the old newspapers by and the records and didn't think a long while till after Fannie was tributed and sung after and gone, and then this morning I ran my hand over those fool papers and thought, what is this?
Jams, jellies, salad dressings, wilted lettuce, a rich cold shrine of colors and scents where Fannie had worshipped.