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Definition of Nicknaming

1. nickname [v] - See also: nickname

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nicknaming

Literary usage of Nicknaming

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manners and Customs of the Japanese: Japan and the Japanese in the by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1852)
"Minister threatened.—His good humour.—Test of an accountant's qualifications.—Safe mode of nicknaming a monarch.—Ingenuity of a fisherman.—Its reward. ..."

2. Manners and Customs of the Japanese, in the Nineteenth Century by Philipp Franz von Siebold (1841)
"... of nicknaming a monarch.—Ingenuity of a fisherman.—Its reward.—Artificial mermaid.—Curious mode of trial. OF this kind of illustration, the recent Dutch ..."

3. How to Get on in the World: As Demonstrated by the Life and Language of by Robert Waters, William Cobbett (1883)
"When he chose to revile," says Mr. Watson, " one faculty he exerted with great success,—that of nicknaming the objects of his. vituperation. ..."

4. How to Get on in the World: As Demonstrated by the Life and Language of by Robert Waters, William Cobbett (1883)
"When he chose to revile," says Mr. Watson, " one faculty he exerted with great success,—that of nicknaming the objects of his vituperation. ..."

5. An Expose: In Two Parts : Part First, Containing a Concise General View of by Amos Higby (1859)
"What is it but taking the name of the Lord God in vain by calling and nicknaming God or Christ—''Deity ?" What is it but taking the name of the Lord God in ..."

6. An Expose: In Two Parts : Part First, Containing a Concise General View of by Amos Higby (1859)
"What is it but taking the name of the Lord God in vain by calling and nicknaming God or Christ—"Deity ?" What is it but taking the name of the Lord God in ..."

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