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Evelyn

[ eev-lin ev-uh-lin or, especially British, eev-lin, ee-vuh-lin ]

noun

  1. John, 1620–1706, English diarist.
  2. Also Evelynne. a female given name, form of Eve.
  3. Chiefly British. a male given name.


Evelyn

/ ˈiːvlɪn; ˈɛv- /

noun

  1. EvelynJohn16201706MEnglishWRITING: authorWRITING: diarist John. 1620–1706, English author, noted chiefly for his diary (1640–1706)


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Biting, embittered and seriously boop-shooby, Evelyn was a juicy role but also a thankless one.

My auntie Evelyn is the one that calls me Jo Koy — that’s where Jo Koy comes from.

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Borges had an almost Evelyn Waugh-like capacity for sucking up to the upper classes.

Yup, Evelyn and Donald Knapp are “ordained Christian ministers” suing for the right to discriminate.

How has transitioning meshed with raising your daughter, Evelyn?

In 1948, Charles Aron, co-owner of Aristocrat, divorced his wife, Evelyn.

In the end, it was not Leonard who had the guts to press and release—it was Evelyn Aron.

The sun was on Evelyn Clifford's hair, burnishing it to a halo of gold under the white hat.

Her bow was returned, indifferently by Evelyn, but by Hugh with eyes of steel, and a mouth of bronze.

Hugh said nothing, but his silence was eloquent to Evelyn, who knew now the whole story of the girl with the soft eyes.

Nor does Evelyn seem to have formed a much more favourable opinion of his august tenant.

Evelyn's house was left in such a state that the Treasury quieted his complaints with a considerable sum of money.

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