Gilbertine
Britishnoun
adjective
Example Sentences
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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 Anna Katharine Green
It was Dorothy, and not Gilbertine, whom he had seen leaving the room.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Anna Katharine Green
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 Anna Katharine Green
The frequency with which custodes occur in houses in the diocese of Lincoln and York and their rarity in other dioceses would seem to support the theory of Gilbertine influence.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Eileen Power
It was Dorothy and not Gilbertine whom he had seen leaving the room.
From The Amethyst Box by Anna Katherine Green
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