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Phoebe   /fˈibi/   Listen
Phoebe

noun
1.
The cardinal number that is the sum of four and one.  Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, fivesome, Little Phoebe, pentad, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V.
2.
(Greek mythology) a Titaness who became identified with Artemis as goddess of the Moon.
3.
Small dun-colored North American flycatcher.  Synonyms: phoebe bird, Sayornis phoebe.



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"Phoebe" Quotes from Famous Books



... boldly; 'and it's going to "continner." Meg, you're a darling in that blue print and pretty hat. I'll fill my fern-basket with flowers, and you can take it, as to have something in your hand to play with. You look nicer than any Phoebe I ever saw, that's a fact. And now, hurrah! we're all ready, and there's the boys' bell, so let us assemble out in the kitchen. Oh dear! I believe I'm frightened, in spite of every promise to ...
— A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... and you are better," she said pleasantly. "Now for the next few minutes you must please devote yourself to making me comfortable. Put everything down, Phoebe. Mr. ...
— The Cinema Murder • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... seene her angelick face Like Phoebe fayre? Her heavenly haveour, her princely grace, Can you well compare? The Redde rose medled with the White yfere, In either cheeke depeincten lively chere: Her modest eye, Her Majestie, Where have you ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy
... Tamora, Queen of Goths,— That, like the stately Phoebe 'mongst her nymphs, Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome,— If thou be pleas'd with this my sudden choice, Behold, I choose thee, Tamora, for my bride And will create thee empress of Rome. Speak, ...
— The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]
... and white room in the house of the Misses Susan and Phoebe Throssel in Quality Street; and in this little country town there is a satisfaction about living in Quality Street which even religion cannot give. Through the bowed window at the back we have a glimpse of the street. It is pleasantly broad and grass-grown, and is linked ...
— Quality Street - A Comedy • J. M. Barrie


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