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roxanne

[ rok-san ]

/ rɒkˈsæn /

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noun

Slang. crack (def. 33).

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Origin of roxanne

Origin uncertain

Words nearby roxanne

rowlock, row over, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”, rowth, row vector, roxanne, Roxas, Roxas y Acuña, Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Roy

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Roxanne

[ rok-san ]

/ rɒkˈsæn /

noun

a female given name.

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How to use roxanne in a sentence

Still, that’s no excuse for Roxanne’s failure, over and over again, at reading basic social cues.
Peter Dinklage Fronts a New Cyrano, With Mixed Results|Stephanie Zacharek|February 24, 2022|Time
It’s unclear if, in this particular interpretation of the source material, Roxanne is supposed to be deeply unlikable or just flawed but sympathetic.
Peter Dinklage Fronts a New Cyrano, With Mixed Results|Stephanie Zacharek|February 24, 2022|Time
Bookseller Roxanne Coady has worried about her son for 21 years.
10 Books for My Son the Graduate|Roxanne Coady|June 5, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Incensed by this, Valerie reacts in kind by doing a sort of quasi-Lambada with her homegirl Roxanne.
Red Riding Hood Stinks!|Chris Lee|March 11, 2011|DAILY BEAST

It is the inspiration for films like Roxanne, The Truth About Cats and Dogs, and Hitch.
Sex Advice from Cyrano|Ben Crair|July 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Roxanne suggests that perhaps it is the quietness of much Irish writing that makes it hard to market here.
Read Me, I'm Irish|Mark Salter|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Surely, as Roxanne also suggests, their publishers need to do a better job of promoting their books here.
Read Me, I'm Irish|Mark Salter|March 17, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Again Roxanne and I hugged and choked, but this time I had to conquer the lump and answer him.
Phyllis|Maria Thompson Daviess
"Ask Uncle Pomp what he thinks," advised Roxanne, hoping to get rid of the squirm.
Phyllis|Maria Thompson Daviess
Miss Prissy is with Roxanne, and they won't let me stay all night, so I had to come home.
Phyllis|Maria Thompson Daviess
I'm going to follow Roxanne's example after this and see the fluffiness of the cake determinedly.
Phyllis|Maria Thompson Daviess
No hero or ambassador ever felt so proud of a decoration on his own chest as I did of that pin on Roxanne's.
Phyllis|Maria Thompson Daviess