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Definition of Mattie
1. Proper noun. (diminutive=Matilda female given name) ''or Martha, also used as a formal given name''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mattie
1. a young herring [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mattie
Literary usage of Mattie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1889)
"Mattie lived with her grandmother in a small village. She had no mother, her
father was far away, and the little girl and Grandma had only the " hired help ..."
2. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"site bank talking earnestly to Mattie, who was turning away. ... Mattie was
saying, with lowered eyes, " I guess you don't want to be very thankful to me, ..."
3. Wisconsin Plays: Second Series; Original One-act Plays from the Repertory of by Samuel Marshall Ilsley, Laura (Case) Sherry, Howard Mumford Jones, Thornton Gilman (1918)
"ALLEN Oh, Mattie, I thought you went home. Mattie BLACK I came back after my ...
Did you talk with him? Mattie BLACK I don't have to be told everything. ..."
4. Longer Plays by Modern Authors [American] by Helen Louise Cohen (1922)
"Mattie. Well, I never see a man show so much energy tryin' to find the Good ...
We all ought to be glad this has happened, Mattie. Mattie. Why ought we? ..."
5. Once a Week by Eneas Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"Well, Mattie, which is it to be ? " They were two or three hundred yards ...
Mattie trembled and went on, lie- toning. " Think of what your life will be ..."
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