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One of the most eminent of these was Thomas Sumter, whom the Carolinians had surnamed the Game Cock.

From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington

The Strange One, whom Malemute Kid had surnamed Ulysses, still fascinated him; but his interest chiefly gravitated between Axel Gunderson and Axel Gunderson's wife.

From The Son of the Wolf by London, Jack

The women of the village, at the sight of his slender calves, had surnamed him "Jackdaw's Leg."

From Six Women and the Invasion by Yerta, Gabrielle

Only one, a boy of fifteen, whom we had surnamed "pink baby," was sitting up in bed.

From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Bernhardt, Sarah

He had a daughter of extraordinary beauty, so lovely, so modest, notwithstanding the homage offered to her charms, that her admirers had surnamed her la bionda maraviglia, "the wonderful blonde."

From The Amulet by Conscience, Hendrik