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Christy
1[ kris-tee ]
Christy
2[ kris-tee ]
noun
- Edwin P., 1815–62, U.S. minstrel-show performer and producer.
- Howard Chan·dler [chand, -ler, chahnd, -], 1873–1952, U.S. illustrator and painter.
- a male given name, form of Christopher.
- a female given name, form of Christine.
Christy
/ ˈkrɪstɪ /
noun
- skiing a turn in which the body is swung sharply round with the skis parallel, originating in Norway and used for stopping, slowing down, or changing direction quickly
Word History and Origins
Origin of Christy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of Christy1
Example Sentences
It might also be, as my friend, critic Christy Lemire joked, indicative of how “women are the ones that get s— done, and men are secondary.”
The 80-year-old spent much of the 1960s and '70s attending dances and playing in the venue, a stage that was also shared by the Dubliners, Christy Moore and Tom Jones.
I had grown up studying supermodels like Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell, amazons with rivers of hair and powerful strides, but right around the time my body changed, so did our beauty ideals.
In all three elections, he defeated the same Democratic rival, former Assemblywoman Christy Smith.
Oceana’s Christy Leavitt, plastics campaign director, said that “recycling is like trying to mop water from an overflowing bathtub while the faucet is still running. We need to turn off the faucet and reduce the production of single-use plastics... If companies won’t reduce their production, then governments must ensure they do.”
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