Proper noun

1. .

Quotations

• 1792 Robert Burns: Ae Fond Kiss:

  I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy,

  Naething could resist my Nancy:

  But to see her was to love her;

  Love but her, and love forever.

• 1913 Eleanor Porter: Pollyanna: Chapter 7:

  "And theyve got lovely names, too. You'll like their names," sighed Nancy. "They're 'Algernon' and 'Florabelle' and 'Estelle'. I - I just hate Nancy!"

  "Oh, Nancy, what a dreadful thing to say! Why?"

  "Because it isn't pretty like the others. You see, I was the first baby, and mother hadn't begun ter read so many stories with the pretty names in them, then."