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Tibbie

Tibbie proper noun: a diminutive of the female given name Isabel.

Proper noun

Tibbie

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Isabel.
    • Her brothers call Mary Poor Mary, and indeed the meagreness and timidity of many of the women in their family has caused that word to be attached to the names they were given at their christening ― names that were themselves altered into something less substantial and graceful. Isabel became Poor...2006, Alice Munro, The View from Castle Rock, Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 36

Questions about Tibbie

What does Tibbie mean?
Tibbie means a diminutive of the female given name Isabel.
What part of speech is Tibbie?
Tibbie is a proper noun.

Words near Tibbie in the dictionary

  1. Tibbet
  2. Tibbets
  3. Tibbett
  4. Tibbetts
  5. Tibbey
  6. Tibbie
  7. tibbies
  8. Tibbins
  9. Tibbits
  10. Tibbitts
  11. tibble

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