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Bad luck to the gardener's shears which had abbreviated that experiment and enveloped the vexed question again in darkness.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

It was the first time any one had abbreviated his name, and instantly he remembered the words of Alice Marcum: "If you keep on improving some day somebody is going to call you Win."

From The Texan A Story of the Cattle Country by Hendryx, James B. (James Beardsley)

When, unable to bear his shame, he had abbreviated it to "Mark D.L." she had been hurt.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine