Gilbertine
Britishnoun
adjective
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Gilbertine," I began, "I will make no pretence of misunderstanding you.
From Room Number 3 and Other Detective Stories by Anna Katharine Green
But one stare from Gilbertine, one word from Sinclair, recalled her to herself and she passed in and the door closed upon the three.
From The Amethyst Box by Anna Katherine Green
God knows if it is the true one, but whether so or not, the discrimination she showed in her will put poor Gilbertine in a very unfortunate position.
From The Amethyst Box by Anna Katherine 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
A Gilbertine nunnery, founded later in the same century, stood adjacent to the church, and portions of the buildings appear in an existing block of almshouses.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various
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