colleen
an Irish girl.
Origin of colleen
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a female given name: from an Irish word meaning “girl.”
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Apply now to Date Lab When Erick learned that colleen was a third-generation Washingtonian he had to ask if she liked go-go music.
Date Lab: They were so instantly comfortable that our photographer asked if they had met before | Damona Hoffman | June 17, 2021 | Washington Postcolleen no longer runs, but she keeps active with other kinds of exercise.
Date Lab: They were so instantly comfortable that our photographer asked if they had met before | Damona Hoffman | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostOn the date, colleen told him that she had grown up Catholic but doesn’t practice anymore.
Date Lab: They were so instantly comfortable that our photographer asked if they had met before | Damona Hoffman | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostAfter circling endlessly to find reasonably priced parking, colleen ended up a few blocks away and rushed to the restaurant hoping the humidity wouldn’t overtake her natural hairstyle.
Date Lab: They were so instantly comfortable that our photographer asked if they had met before | Damona Hoffman | June 17, 2021 | Washington PostWhen Erick asked whether she had been married, colleen said she had been engaged to the father of her 20-year-old son but they never wed.
Date Lab: They were so instantly comfortable that our photographer asked if they had met before | Damona Hoffman | June 17, 2021 | Washington Post
This past summer, colleen LaRose, known by her self-anointed handle ‘Jihad Jane’, was sentenced to ten years in prison.
What the U.S. Can Learn from Europe About Dealing with Terrorists | Scott Beauchamp | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNo one can understand how you feel when you visit colleen and the kids.
His wife, colleen, had been rinsing plates at the sink and putting them in the dishwasher.
Since then colleen Howe hasn't missed more than four or five home games.
“They tell me the buses don't run here after 4:30,” colleen said to him.
The colleen Bawn is a tissue of improbabilities and extravagances.
The English Stage | Augustin Filoncolleen, you've the wisdom of the ages in your head right now.
Kenny | Leona DalrympleThat last––the thought that our skipper or the vessel might get mixed up in it––kept us aboard the colleen Bawn.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) ConnollyThe colleen left her behind, and she at last drew off after bunching a few farewell shots.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) ConnollyThe colleen was pretty well inshore then, and yet safe outside the three-mile limit in our judgment.
The Seiners | James B. (James Brendan) Connolly
British Dictionary definitions for colleen
/ (ˈkɒliːn, kɒˈliːn) /
an Irish word for girl
an Irish girl
Origin of colleen
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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