Agnes - What does it mean?
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* 1876 Annie Howells Fréchette, Reuben Dale , Galaxy, W.C. and F.P.Church, 1876, page 394
* 1977 , The Thorn Birds , Gramercy Books 1998, ISBN 0517201658, pages 3,5
* 1995 Elizabeth Wurtzel: Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America , Riverhead Books, 1995, ISBN 1573225126, page 14
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(wikipedia Agnes)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "Why do you call Mrs. Stone Aggie? Agnes is such a beautiful name, it is a shame to nick it in that way." Then, quickly regretting his impatience, he added, "You would not have been jealous, would you, Jenny?"
- Right then and there in her mind she had christened it Agnes', the only name she knew elegant enough for such a peerless creature. - - - She held the doll so her brothers could see. "Look, isn't she beautiful? Her name is ' Agnes ."
- "Agnes? Agnes? " Jack gagged realistically. "What a soppy name! Why don't you call her Margaret or Betty?"
- I found myself wanting to explain it to her, this middle-aged woman with the kind of haircut you call a hairdo, which needed to be set in rollers every night, who had a name like Agnes or Harriet, a name that even predated my mother's generation.