What is "tannie"

Usage examples of "tannie".

In my mind, that job and Tannie Ottweiler were inextricably connected and generated feelings of goodwill.

I liked Tannie, and if Daisy was a friend of hers, then she was automatically accorded a certain status in my eyes.

I knew Tannie would be working, and it occurred to me that we could chat about Daisy and Violet while I indulged in another spicy salami concoction on a kaiser roll.

When Tannie caught sight of my face, she placed an order for me without my even having to ask.

After school, Steve pitched in with mowing the lawn and washing the truck, while Tannie was in charge of keeping the house tidy and making their brown-bag lunches.

Once the meal was finished, Hairl would disappear, leaving Tannie to clear the table.

Steve had stayed at home to look after Tannie, and when Jake and Mary Hairl left house, both the kids were doing their homework.

I suggested that if Tannie was driving up I could hang out in Santa Maria and the three of us could have dinner at the Blue Moon instead.

Daisy said, offended that Tannie would offer him up without consulting her.

Santa Maria deputy, had secured the area, relegating Schaefer, Ken Rice, Tannie, and me to a spot twenty-five yards away.

Once in the house, I found Tannie stretched out on the living room floor, trying to get the kinks out of her back after a morning of hacking brush and an afternoon watching cops dig a car out of her lawn.

We ate with enthusiasm, though Tannie declined any portion of the pizza that butted up against the anchovies Daisy and I had voted for.

Daisy came out of her bedroom at 8:00 Saturday morning, Tannie had left for home.

Dad collected sixty thousand dollars, put half in savings accounts for Tannie and me, and used the rest to buy the Moon.

Since Tannie had commandeered yesterday’s braunschweiger on rye, I ordered one for myself.