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Quentin

[ kwen-tn ]

/ ˈkwɛn tn /

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noun

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

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Words nearby Quentin

quench, quenching, quenchless, Queneau, quenelle, Quentin, quercetin, Quercia, quercine, quercitannic acid, quercitol

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Great for the aspiring Quentin Tarantino, or for the aspiring next Feiffer.
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Apparently, Quentin Tarantino did a bunch of uncredited rewrites on that?
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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.
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You worked with Steven Spielberg in Lincoln and Quentin Tarantino in Django Unchained.
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Quentin is no longer that little discolored alien placed on my chest in the delivery room.
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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.
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After a hasty but hearty supper, he and Quentin Dick set out on their night journey.
Hunted and Harried|R.M. Ballantyne