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"text": "Expect Saint Martin's summer, halcyon days, / Since I have entered into these wars."
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"ref": "1767 Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book IV ( Slawkenbergius's Tale )",
"text": "Luther was not born in the year 1483, but in 84; and not on the 22nd day of October, but on the 10th of November, the eve of Martinmas day, from whence he had the name of Martin. - - - Now you see, brother Toby, he would say, looking up, \"that christian names are not such indifferent things;\" - Had Luther here been called by any other name but Martin, he would have been damned to all eternity - Not that I look upon Martin, he would add, as a good name - far from it - 'tis something better than a neutral, and but a little - yet little as it is, you see it was of some service to him."
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"ref": "1933, Eleanor Farjeon, “Boys' Names”, in Over the Garden Wall, Faber and Faber, page 90",
"text": "What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird,/",
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"ref": "2006, Kate Atkinson, One Good Turn, Black Swan, published 2007, page 81",
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},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "given name",
"word": "Mạc Ty Nho"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mjēta"
},
{
"code": "wym",
"lang": "Vilamovian",
"sense": "given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mieta"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Mårtén"
},
{
"code": "vls",
"lang": "West Flemish",
"sense": "given name",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Maartens"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Martin"
],
"word": "Martin"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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