Mettie

[ met-ee ]

/ ˈmɛt i /

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a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

I must have little Graeme, Mettie, the little chap has never been here.'
The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge
At one and the same moment, Lance exclaimed, 'Jack and Mettie!
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge
And poor Mettie thinks no one knows of it but their two selves, and maybe Mr. Harewood!'
The Pillars of the House, Vol. I (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge
On the stone slab floor of the low living-room Tant Mettie lay dead.
Hilda Wade|Grant Allen

I say, Mettie, our fellows must come here before they go to tune up.'
The Pillars of the House, Vol. II (of 2)|Charlotte M. Yonge