Peggy
[peg-ee]
- a female given name, form of Margaret.
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Examples from the Web for peggy
Contemporary Examples
Which was issued as the B-Side to Peggy Sue Got Married in 1959.
Participants included conservative figures Peggy Noonan, Charles Krauthammer, and Bill Kristol.
Suddenly I could hear Peggy Lee singing “Is That All There Is?”
The Stacks: Pete Dexter on What It’s Like to Lose the Knack of Having FunPete Dexter
September 20, 2014
My millennial friends have waited in line beside a cluster of Orthodox women in long dark skirts to be seen by Peggy.
I ask Peggy how she learned to size women up so efficiently and effectively.
Historical Examples
Peggy really must try your dressmaker—but she's so disappointed!
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You must let me beg of you—just like an own daughter and Peggy couldn't think more of a sister!
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You spent enough on a wedding gift for Peggy—or was it a promise to spend?
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Then I shall be quits with her and with Mrs. Henry and with Peggy.
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Peggy is in Europe; the General's going if she's not gone already.
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Word Origin and History for peggy
Peggy
fem. familiar proper name, alteration of Maggie (see Margaret).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper