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Cathy

[ kath-ee ]

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Catherine.


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Mayorkas’ father was a workaholic, says his sister Cathy, getting up at an “ungodly hour” to work at home before his job as a comptroller at a textile business, then staying up late to do the same.

From Time

If you see a Cathy-shaped being helping itself to another piece of Russell Stover, that’s not Cathy.

Cathy Corison: I fell in love with wine when I was 19, studying biology at Pomona College, 40 years ago.

“We are reaching a point where deaths from poaching and natural mortality are overtaking the birth rate,” Cathy Dean said.

On opening day, Cathy Grier, aka  “NYC Subway Girl,” sang a Janis Joplin song in the lobby.

But on the other hand, the 2012 contest between Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Tom Price was about the future of the Republican Party.

None of which would have happened if Cathy and Chris Dollanganger hadn't done some freaky stuff in that attic.

In the ordinary child-studies Cathy is neither before nor behind the average child of nine, I should say.

Cathy taught him what she learned, and played or worked with him in the fields.

Bert Mitchell, who was the only addition to the party of the night before, ensconced herself in the hammock with Cathy Drake.

"I beg to propose Philippa Seaton as an active member of this society," said Cathy, with a little business-like air.

I very much hoped she would, as I could imagine no greater treat than a visit to Cathy's home.

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