Lucy
1the incomplete skeletal remains of a female hominin found in Hadar, Ethiopia, in 1974 and classified as Australopithecus afarensis: she has been dated at about 3.2 million years of age.
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or Lu·ci
a female given name.
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How to use Lucy in a sentence
But, I can’t have breakfast with Lucy, but also work on my unifying theory of behavior change at the very same time.
Though Tschudi had left more than a decade ago, Lucy said, staff members “are grieving the loss of one of our own.”
Man who died in D.C. fire was assistant professor at George Washington University | Peter Hermann, Lauren Lumpkin | April 8, 2021 | Washington PostLiberals are taking issue with Manchin’s Lucy-and-the-football fake-out.
She urges Lucy to ignore him, noting that he’ll just move on to someone else, advice that Lucy, rightly, rails against.
Moxie Invokes Fierce, Riot Grrrl Spirit, Only to End in a Noncommittal Group Hug | Stephanie Zacharek | March 3, 2021 | TimeLucy and Suzanne began to see themselves as outsiders, bound to each other and fighting the world around them.
A lesbian couple who scattered ‘butterflies’ to undermine the Nazis | Karen Tucker | December 4, 2020 | Washington Post
The film will also star Pam Grier, Michael Richards (of Seinfeld), Peter Bogdanovich, and, he says, “hopefully Lucy Liu.”
Tom Sizemore’s Revenge: On Tom Cruise’s Scientology Recruitment, Drugs, and Craving a Comeback | Marlow Stern | September 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUpon his return, she unpacked his bag and discovered love letters between him and her social secretary, Lucy Mercer.
In the midst of this rampage, I found myself talking with Lucy Big Lake.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own | Robert Silverman | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTLucy can control matter, and all the rules of existence are abolished.
When Lucy is demonstrating her power to the audience, it is through violence toward these (brown) men.
But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsWhy, Lucy has been your only serious competitor this season; I wonder you aren't jealous of each other.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills"It's not fair, Lucy," said Mrs. Haggard reprovingly, with an attempt at matronly dignity.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsIs it not enough that this man shall every morning sit down to breakfast with the lovely Mees Lucy?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsLucy Warrender, ever ready for mischief, feigned an intense interest in racing matters, but failed to draw Lord Hetton.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for Lucy
/ (ˈluːsɪ) /
Saint. died ?303 ad, a virgin martyred by Diocletian in Syracuse. Feast day: Dec 13
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Cultural definitions for Lucy
Nickname for one of the most complete skeletons of an early ancestor of humans ever found. Discovered in Ethiopia by Don Johanson, Tim White, and Tom Gray, Lucy lived approximately three million years ago. She walked upright, and anthropologists estimate that she was about twenty years old when she died. Lucy is considered one of the great finds of anthropology.
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