Quentin

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/ ˈkwɛn tn /

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a male or female given name: from a Latin word meaning “fifth.”

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Question 1 of 12

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

Great for the aspiring Quentin Tarantino, or for the aspiring next Feiffer.
The Best Gift Books of 2014|William O’Connor|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Apparently, Quentin Tarantino did a bunch of uncredited rewrites on that?
Viggo Mortensen Talks ‘The Two Faces of January,’ Blasts Fox News and Israel’s ‘State Terrorism’|Marlow Stern|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So I had a talk with the police about all the money he was stealing from me, and the guy went up to San Quentin.
The Stacks: Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself: Robert Mitchum|Robert Ward|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You worked with Steven Spielberg in Lincoln and Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained.
Kentucky’s Finest Antihero: Walton Goggins on Justified’s Chameleon Villain|Allen Barra|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Quentin is no longer that little discolored alien placed on my chest in the delivery room.
No Sex For Six Weeks After Giving Birth? It’s Too Long!|Aurora Snow|December 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Quentin Gray regarded the story of Kazmah as a very poor lie devised on the spur of the moment.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
Quentin Gray's mercurial color deserted him, and he turned to Seton a face grown suddenly pale.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
Monte Irvin, very pale and haggard, sat upon the divan beside Quentin Gray.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
You enter the inn, and the old Quentin Durward court-yard, on which the old towers look down.
Little Travels and Roadside Sketches|William Makepeace Thackeray
After a hasty but hearty supper, he and Quentin Dick set out on their night journey.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne