Shirley

American  

[shur-lee] / ˈʃɜr li /

noun

1. James, 1596–1666, English dramatist.

2. William, 1694–1771, English governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony 1741–56: urged assault on Louisburg.

3. a city on the S shore of Long Island, in SE New York.

4. a male or female given name: a family name taken from an Old English placename.

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Example Sentences

Upon visiting the day cares, Shirley and his middle-aged male partner, David, discover the centers have locked their doors and won’t let them in to gawk at the children.

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CNN verified that children were being dropped off at a day care center Shirley had targeted.

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Others were indeed empty; they had gone out of business before Shirley filmed outside the buildings.

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After all, the scandal Shirley is exploiting isn’t really about day cares.

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If Shirley was only interested in building his hoax on that existing and very real case, he could have targeted anti-hunger charities for his fake sting.

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