atty.

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abbreviation

attorney.

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Words nearby atty.

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How to use atty. in a sentence

The Atty. Gen. has been ordered to pay the Guardians legal costs, which the paper said amounted to some £96,000.
Prince Charles's 'Meddling' Lobbying Letters MUST be Released, Appeal Court Rules|Tom Sykes|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
"It is indeed, Atty;" and yet she said so; with a doubting, if not an apprehensive heart.
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories|William Carleton
Bekase, you know, he'd go to heaven, and I'd like to be wid him; sure he'd miss me—his own Atty—wherever he'd be.
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories|William Carleton
Atty, indeed, it was: the same wizened Atty as of yore; but no longer pulling the long face to which Mainward had been accustomed.
Sanders of the River|Edgar Wallace

The sleep that's in the grave, Atty, dear; death is the sleep I mean.
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories|William Carleton
And so you'd lave me and your sisters, Atty, and go to heaven with your father!
Phelim O'toole's Courtship and Other Stories|William Carleton

British Dictionary definitions for atty.

atty

abbreviation for

attorney

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