Erma
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Erma Walker was one of my peers, and boy, she was sharp!
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Dorothy pointed at me and another woman and said, “Katherine, Erma.”
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Later I’d learn that Erma’s husband, Cartwright, worked with Jimmie at the shipyard.
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My friend Erma from work basically adopted our girls.
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So were Erma and the other Colored computers who occasionally worked with me in that department.
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