Gilbertine
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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Gilbertine would have her share—a large one—but there was enough to make them both wealthy.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine
It was Dorothy, and not Gilbertine, whom he had seen leaving the room.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine
Otherwise she would not have ventured upon the surprising and necessarily unpalatable advice to Sinclair—an advice he seemed to have followed—not to marry Gilbertine Murray at the time proposed.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Green, Anna Katharine
That you positively can not tell whether it was Gilbertine or—or—" "I can not; as God lives, I can not.
From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine
How she flew to Gilbertine's room, and, finding the door unlocked, looked in, and saw Miss Lane lying there asleep but no Gilbertine.
From The Amethyst Box by Green, Anna Katherine
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