Lexicographical Neighbors of Debbies
Literary usage of Debbies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Light for Woman by Woman's Board of Missions (1888)
"... doors of our lives, and disclosed to the world far too many empty lower shelves.
This world is full of little Joes, Aunt Julias, and Aunt debbies,— yes, ..."
2. The Gay-Dombeys: A Novel by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston (1919)
"But hadn't Mrs. Paul heard the terms New York had invented for the classification
of belles at dances: "debbies," for the debutantes of this ..."
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