Phebe

[ fee-bee ]

/ ˈfi bi /

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noun

a female given name.

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Words nearby Phebe

Phe, pheasant, pheasant coucal, pheasant's eye, Pheba, Phebe, Phèdre, Pheidippides, phellem, phelloderm, phellogen

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How to use Phebe in a sentence

Do you suppose we shall go walks with the girls at our school, Uncle Marmy, or by ourselves with Phebe?'
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I hope Phebe will be "game" too, Eugene, for we can't go without her, and she doesn't love very long walks.'
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Phebe, do you think there's any chance of cook's giving us some cake, or even some bread-and-butter, to take with us?'
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Eugene was soon rather done up, though he would not hear of Phebe's carrying him.
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Then Frances, escorted by Phebe, set off, and Jacinth ran up-stairs to get ready for her expedition with her aunt.
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British Dictionary definitions for Phebe

Phebe

/ (ˈfiːbɪ) /

noun

a variant spelling of Phoebe 1

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