Mettie

American  

[met-ee] / ˈmɛt i /

Or Metty

noun

1. a female given name, form of Matilda or Martha.

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Example Sentences

My dear Mettie," I said, "I should certainly write to him—write often, write affectionately, send him your photograph, work him a housewife for his cabin, carve him a frame for your photograph.

From A Lame Dog's Diary by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)

Her mantle of blue the fair Mettie puts on, And unto the bower of Sir Olaf she’s gone.

From Proud Signild and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry

For example, the seventh couplet in the earlier reads: I’ll gage my war courser, the steady and tried, That thou canst not obtain the fair Mettie, my bride.

From A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow by Wise, Thomas James

Sir Olaf he plays on his gold harp a strain, That heard the proud Mettie far over the plain.

From Proud Signild and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry

But probably the Pirate will never know that it was not his own idea that he should fall in love with Mettie.

From A Lame Dog's Diary by Macnaughtan, S. (Sarah)