Amasa

[ uh-mey-suh, am-uh-suh ]

noun

1. (in the Bible) the commander of Absalom's army and later of David's army.

Example Sentences

Amasa Stevens' house is burning, and he hangs naked and scalped on his garden fence!

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Amasa had been acquainted with Cosy Pringle since they were both in long clothes, and he understood that that paper had its price.

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When it came to chopping wood, Amasa was pretty sure to cut his toe, and if he went fishing he tumbled into the pond.

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Amasa could not remember ever to have seen Lizette cry for joy before; she was not one of the crying kind, anyway.

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Lizette stopped and hugged Amasa behind a juniper-tree on the way home from the exhibition.

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