bavin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bavin
First recorded in 1520–30; origin obscure
Example Sentences
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She told BBC Radio Suffolk's Wayne Bavin that "lots of people" were travelling to the village to see the eroded cliffs.
From BBC
Michelle Bavin started running in November 2016, beginning slowly with a couch-to-5km programme.
From BBC
"He's very, very unstable," Derek Bavin told KSEE-TV News.
From BBC
Alliteration was also a particular ornament of the euphuistic style, as: “The bavin, though it burn bright, is but a blaze,” but the use of this artifice by Lyly himself was rarely exaggerated; for instances of its excess we have rather to turn to his imitators.
From Project Gutenberg
Bavin once set afire Will not so soon expire; Let's never stay with such as they, Who gladly would, but cannot.
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