Hepzibah
Americannoun
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I recognized this as the purely fictional place where Hawthorne’s Hepzibah Pyncheon opened a store in the opening pages of his novel.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2018
Slay: People haven’t “slain” each other since they wore raiment of fine linen and had names like Ham and Hepzibah and Jehoshaphat.
From Washington Post ● May 4, 2018
"There was so much music in America I was revolted," said Pianist Hepzibah Menuhin, sister of Violinist Yehudi Menuhin, on her way back home to Australia after visiting California.
From Time Magazine Archive
Desist also acquired a chic French wife, who bore him two sons, and a taste for la vie as it is not lived in Hepzibah.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Now then,” said Hepzibah happily, “where’s Hokey? Oh yes, there you are — take that away now, Hokey.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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